Asistencias

Asistencias or visitas were smaller sub-missions of Catholic missions established during the 16th-19th centuries of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. They allowed the Catholic church and the Spanish crown to extend their reach into native populations at a modest cost.

San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, an asistencia of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, is located in Pala, California

Description

Asistencias were much smaller than the main missions with living quarters, workshops and crops in addition to a church. They were typically staffed with a small group of clergymen and a relatively small group of indigenous neophytes in order to maintain the complex.

Particularly strategic asistencias were later elevated to the status of a full mission. This typically included an expansion of existing facilities to support a larger clergy and indigenous neophyte population, improvement of basic infrastructure such as roads, and rechristening under a new Catholic saint.[1][2]

List of asistencias

The following is a list of asistencias that remained so at the time of their abandonment, sorted by year of establishment.

Arizona

Baja California

Baja California Sur

California

Sonora
  • Visita de San José de Ímuris was established in 1687 as a visita to Misión San Ignacio de Caborica.
  • Visita de Santa Teresa de Atil was established in 1692 as a visita to Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama.

List of former asistencias

The following is a list of asistencias that were elevated to the status of mission, sorted by year of establishment.

Arizona

Baja California Sur

California

Sonora
Misión San Diego de Pitiquito in Pitiquito, Sonora
  • Misión San Valentin del Bizani was established as a visita to Misión San Ignacio de Caborica in 1687. It was elevated to the status of mission in 1694.
  • Misión San Diego de Pitiquito was established as a visita to Misión San Ignacio de Caborica in 1689. It was elevated to the status of mission in 1695.

See also

References
  1. "California Mission Life". Factcards.califa.org. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. "Mission Trail Today - Mission Asistencias and Estancias". U.S. Mission Trail. Retrieved 2015-06-17.



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