- Two dormitories were built for the students of Saint Anthony’s, one of which exists today as the Religious Education Center of Mission San Diego de Alcalá.
- Like most California missions, the Mission San Diego de Alcala supported itself and the Native inhabitants of the area by growing crops of wheat and corn.
- 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.
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá is located along the San Diego River, about six miles east of Mission Bay.
- Father Serra founded the Mission of San Fernando Velicatá in Baja California and then Mission San Diego de Alcalá in Alta California.
- 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.
- "Founded by Father Junípero Serra in 1769, Mission San Diego de Alcala has served as a historic monument and a working Catholic parish."
- Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded by Father Junipero Serra and was the first of the 21 California missions created.