Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán
Mission San Ignacio was founded by the Jesuit missionary Juan Bautista de Luyando in 1728 at the site of the modern town of San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
The site for the future mission was discovered in 1706 by Francisco María Piccolo at the palm-lined Cochimí oasis of Kadakaamán ("arroyo of the reeds"). The site proved to be a highly productive one agriculturally, and served as the base for later Jesuit expansion in the central peninsula. The impressive surviving church was constructed by the Dominican missionary Juan Gómez in 1786. The mission was finally abandoned in 1840.
See also[]
- Spanish missions in Baja California
- Spanish missions in California
- Ferdinand Konščak
- List of Jesuit sites
References[]
- Vernon, Edward W. 2002. Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683–1855. Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California.
Coordinates: 27°17′02″N 112°53′55″W / 27.2838°N 112.8987°W
Categories:
- Missions in Baja California Sur
- Mulegé Municipality
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1728
- 1728 establishments in Mexico
- 1728 in New Spain
- 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Mexico
- New Spain stubs