Mission San Antonio de Padua

Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Antonio de Padua
The reconstructed Mission San Antonio de Padua as it appeared in 2006; construction on the Mission first began in 1810. The baked brick Campanario is unique among California Missions.
Mission San Antonio de Padua is located in California
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Location in California
Mission San Antonio de Padua is located in the United States
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Antonio de Padua (the United States)
Locationnear Jolon, Monterey County, California
Coordinates36°00′54″N 121°15′00″W / 36.01500°N 121.25000°W / 36.01500; -121.25000
Name as foundedLa Misión de San Antonio de Padua[1]
English translationThe Mission of Saint Anthony of Padua
PatronSaint Anthony of Padua[2]
Nickname(s)"Mission of the Sierras"[citation needed]
Founding dateJuly 14, 1771[3]
Founding priest(s)Father Junípero Serra[4]
Founding OrderThird[2]
Military districtThird[5]
Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
Salinan
Native place name(s)Telhaya[6]
Baptisms4,419[7]
Marriages1,142[7]
Burials3,617[7]
Secularized1834[2]
Returned to the Church1862
Governing bodyRoman Catholic Diocese of Monterey
Current useParish Church
Designated1976
Reference no.76000504[8]
Reference no.232[9]
Website
http://www.missionsanantonio.net

Mission San Antonio de Padua is a Spanish mission established by the Franciscan order in present-day Monterey County, California, near the present-day town of Jolon. Founded on July 14, 1771, it was the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra. The mission was the first use of fired tile roofing in Upper California.[4] Today the mission is a parish church of the Diocese of Monterey and is no longer active in the mission work which it was set up to provide.[10][11]

  1. ^ Leffingwell, p. 99
  2. ^ a b c Krell, p. 101
  3. ^ Yenne. p. 40
  4. ^ a b Ruscin, p. 196
  5. ^ Forbes, p. 202
  6. ^ Ruscin, p. 195
  7. ^ a b c Krell, p. 315: as of December 31, 1832; information adapted from Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.
  8. ^ National Register of Historic Places – Monterey County
  9. ^ "Mission San Antonio de Padua". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  10. ^ "San Antonio de Padua Key Facts | California Missions Resource Center".
  11. ^ "History of California Mission San Antonio de Padua".