Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Missíon San Luis Obispo De Tolosa
Missíon San Luis Obispo De Tolosa
Missión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 2011.
Missíon San Luis Obispo De Tolosa is located in California
Missíon San Luis Obispo De Tolosa
Location in California
Location728 Monterey St.
San Luis Obispo, California 93401
Coordinates35°16′50″N 120°39′52″W / 35.28056°N 120.66444°W / 35.28056; -120.66444
Name as foundedLa Misión de San Luís Obispo de Tolosa[1]
English translationThe Mission of Saint Louis Bishop of Toulouse
PatronSaint Louis of Anjou, Bishop of Toulouse, France
Nickname(s)"Prince of the Missions"[2]
"Mission in the Valley of Bears" [3]
"The Accidental Mission" [4]
Founding dateSeptember 1, 1772 [3]
Founding priest(s)Father Presidente Junípero Serra[5]
Founding OrderFranciscan
Military districtThird [6]
Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
Chumash
Obispeño
Native place name(s)Tilhini[7]
Baptisms2,644 [8]
Marriages763 [8]
Burials2,268 [8]
Governing bodyDiocese of Monterey
Current useParish Church / Museum
Reference no.325[9]
Website
http://www.missionsanluisobispo.org

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (Spanish: Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa) is a Spanish mission founded September 1, 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in San Luis Obispo, California. The mission was named after San Luis, obispo de Talosa (Saint Louis, bishop of Toulouse, France).

The Mission of San Luis Obispo is unusual in its design, in that its combination of belfry and vestibule are found nowhere else among the California missions.[10] Like other churches, the main nave is short and narrow, but at the San Luis Obispo Mission, there is a secondary nave of almost equal size situated to the right of the altar, making it the only L-shaped mission church in California.

  1. ^ Leffingwell, Randy (2005). California Missions and Presidios: The History & Beauty of the Spanish Missions. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-89658-492-5.
  2. ^ Schulte-Peevers, Andrea (1996). California. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet Publications. p. 682. ISBN 1-74059-951-9.
  3. ^ a b Yenne, Bill (2004). The Missions of California. San Diego, California: Advantage Publishers Group. p. 56. ISBN 1-59223-319-8.
  4. ^ Ruscin, Terry (1999). Mission Memoirs. San Diego, California: Sunbelt Publications. p. 53. ISBN 0-932653-30-8.
  5. ^ Ruscin (1999), p. 196.
  6. ^ Forbes, Alexander (1839). California: A History of Upper and Lower California. Cornhill, London: Smith, Elder and Co. p. 202.
  7. ^ Ruscin (1999), p. 195.
  8. ^ a b c Krell, Dorothy, ed. (1979). The California Missions: A Pictorial History. Menlo Park, California: Sunset Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 0-376-05172-8. As of December 31, 1832; information adapted from Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.
  9. ^ "Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks.
  10. ^ Al Abashian, Roubina (March 11, 2022). "The Ultimate Guide to Visiting San Luis Obispo". Retrieved October 20, 2022.