 The restored chapel at Mission San Buenaventura in July, 2005 | |
  Location in California | |
| Location | 211 East Main Street Ventura, California 93001 |
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| Coordinates | 34°16′52″N 119°17′53″W / 34.28111°N 119.29806°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión San Buenaventura[1] |
| English translation | St. Bonaventure Mission |
| Patron | St. Bonaventure[2] |
| Nickname(s) | "Mission by the Sea"[citation needed] |
| Founding date | March 31, 1782[3] |
| Founding priest(s) | Junípero Serra, O.F.M.[4] |
| Founding Order | Ninth [2] |
| Military district | Second [5] |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Chumash Ventureño |
| Native place name(s) | Mitsqanaqa'n[6] |
| Baptisms | 3,875 [7] |
| Marriages | 1,097 [7] |
| Burials | 3,150[8] |
| Secularized | 1836 [2] |
| Returned to the Church | 1862 [2] |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles |
| Current use | Parish church / museum |
| Official name: Mission San Buenaventura and Mission Compound Site | |
| Designated | 1975 |
| Reference no. | #75000496 |
| Reference no. | #310 |
| Website | |
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Mission San Buenaventura (Spanish: Misión San Buenaventura, Ventureño: mitsqanaqan̓[9]), formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor. Founded on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in Alta California (or Nueva California) and the last to be established by the head of the Franciscan missions in California, Junípero Serra. Designated a California Historical Landmark, the mission is one of many locally designated landmarks in downtown Ventura.
The mission was named after St. Bonaventure, a 13th-century Franciscan saint, one of the early leaders of the Order to which the friars belonged, and a Doctor of the Church. On June 9, 2020, Pope Francis elevated the church to a minor basilica, and on July 15, 2020, the feast day of its patron saint, the announcement of the Pope's action was made and the elevation of the mission's status was officially proclaimed by Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles. The name of the mission was changed to reflect this new status in the Catholic Church.[10]
Mission San Buenaventura was planned to be founded in 1770, but the founding was delayed because of the low availability of the military escorts needed to establish the mission. In 1793, the first church burned down. When the mission was completed, it included an adjacent quadrangle with living and work space. All that remains of the original mission is the church and its garden.
- ^ Leffingwell, p. 55
- ^ a b c d Krell, p. 177
- ^ Yenne, p. 88
- ^ Ruscin, p. 196
- ^ Forbes, p. 202
- ^ Ruscin, p. 195
- ^ a b Krell, p. 315: as of July 26, 1997; information adapted from Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.
- ^ Krell, p. 315: as of December 31, 1832; information adapted from Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.
- ^ https://ciapps.csuci.edu/ChumashDictionary/About
- ^ "Pope Francis declares Mission San Buenaventura a Basilica". Vatican News Source. July 15, 2020.