• Welcome to Mission San Diego de Alcalá. California’s first mission was founded on July 16, 1769 by Saint Junípero Serra, a Franciscan priest.
  • Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá) was the second Franciscan founded mission in The Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata)...
  • San Diego Mission De Alcala Presidio Hill was converted into a park and the Serra museum erected under George Marston Several ghosts are said to haunt it.
  • Built in 1769, Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá is a very well preserved example of colonial architecture; one that fully deserves a visit when exploring...
  • The current church at Mission San Diego de Alcalá is the 5th church to stand in this location since San Diego was first settled in 1542.
  • Today, the church and a newer chapel, La Capilla de San Bernardino, combine to serve as religious center for Mission San Diego’s still large and active parish.
  • After detailed historical research, in restoration and rebuilding work began in 1931 to bring Mission San Diego de Alcalá back to its 1813 appearance.
  • Mission San Diego (California’s Heritage Series), 1988. Weber, F.J. The Proto Mission: A Documentary History of San Diego de Alcalá, 1980.
  • Father Serra founded the Mission of San Fernando Velicatá in Baja California and then Mission San Diego de Alcalá in Alta California.
  • San Diego occupies a unique place in California’s history, as the site of the first of the California missions, and one of four Spanish presidios.
  • San Diego de Alcala was the very first mission church in California and was founded in the year 1769. ... Top Hotels Near Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala.
  • It was the first Franciscan mission in San Diego, California and the Las Californias Province belonging to the Viceroyalty of New Spain.