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The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, located just southeast of El Paso, Texas, is the oldest continuously operated parish in the state. -
The original Franciscan mission was founded in 1682 by the Franciscan order to serve Pueblo Indian refugees, including the Piro, Tano, and Jemez, who fled from present-day New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. -
, the stone church, a friary, and a granary were completed. A larger church was begun but was abandoned when half complete, resulting in population decline. -
Originally known as the Mission San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo, began as a Catholic mission and compound in 1718, one of many Catholic missions organized as part of the official Spanish plan to Christianize Native Americans and colonize northern New Spain -
Officially called the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, it was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. It was founded in 1720 by the famed Father Antonio Margil de Jesús, a prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas. -
.Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, also known as Aranama Mission or Mission La Bahia, is a Catholic mission established by the Spanish in 1722 near Goliad, -
Officially called the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña, the mission was named in honor of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and Juan de Acuña, the Marqués de Casafuerte, who was the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) when the mission transferred to the San Antonio River area in 1731 -
Officially called the Mission San Francisco de la Espada, this mission was originally founded southwest of present-day Weches, Texas, in 1690. It served as a buffer against French encroachment from Louisiana, along with several others. Fevers, floods, fires, enemies, and limited supplies prompted several relocations of this early mission. -
The Presidio of San Saba, located one mile west of Menard, Texas, on the San Saba River, was founded in April 1757 to convert the Lipan Apache Indians to Christianity and help Spain secure its claim to the territory.