Junípero Serra
Fray Junípero Serra | |
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 Junípero Serra at age 61, several years before his death. | |
| Confessor | |
| Born | November 24, 1713 Petra, Majorca |
| Died | August 28, 1784 (aged 70) at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in California |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Beatified | September 25, 1988, Rome by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in Carmel, California |
| Feast | July 1 |
Fray Junípero Serra (known as Fra Juníper Serra, in Catalan, his mother tongue) (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Junípero Serra.
- The Humanity of Junípero Serra, an article by Thomas Davis at the Serra International official website
- Junipero Serra and the California Missions Biography, mission information, and prayer for canonization.
- Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo, California, official website
- Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, California
- Colegio Fray Junipero Serra, Catholic School in Ensenada, Baja California
- Serra Club of Charleston, W. Va. in Charleston, West Virginia
- Fray Junípero Serra, mallorquín universal
- Junípero Serra at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1713 births
- 1784 deaths
- People from Majorca
- Beatified people
- Catholic missionaries in Mexico
- Californios
- Christian missionaries in the United States
- Franciscans
- History of Baja California
- Missions in Baja California
- California religious workers
- Priests of the California missions
- Roman Catholic missionaries
- Spanish Christian missionaries
- Spanish Roman Catholic priests
- 18th-century Roman Catholic priests
- 18th-century Spanish people
- Burials at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Deaths due to animal attacks