• A painting of Mission San Diego de Alcalá as it appeared in 1848 depicts the original campanario ("bell tower"), before it was reduced to rubble.
  • Welcome to Mission San Diego de Alcalá. California’s first mission was founded on July 16, 1769 by Saint Junípero Serra, a Franciscan priest.
  • In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln returned San Diego de Alcalá to the Catholic Church. Except for several years as an Indian school, the mission fell into disuse.
  • 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.
  • (1769) mission san diego de alcalá 2. Please give him a thumbs up and a shar. I did not download this. This is my 4th grade mission project!
  • Luis Jayme, our second pastor, martyred here at the Mission San Diego de Alcala on this date in 1775.
  • 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.
  • In 1801, an earthquake seriously damaged Mission San Diego de Alcalá. In 1833, the mission was secularized and sold in 1845.
  • ...twenty-one California missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá is named after the 15th-century saint, Didacus of Alcalá, more commonly known as Saint Diego.
  • 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...
  • Visit the San Diego Mission Basilica de Alcala, San Diego's oldest mission, founded in 1769.
  • It was named for Didacus of Alcalá. ... The Spanish expedition that founded Mission San Diego brought great hardship and an enormous loss of lives.
  • Father Melcor (Luis) Jayme became pastor of Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1771 and was instrumental in moving the mission to its present site...