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Junípero Serra

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Also known as Juniper Serra, Miguel José Serra Junipero, Junípero Serra y Ferrer, Miguel Jose Serra Junipero, Junipero Serra y Ferrer, Miquel Josep Serra i Ferrer, Father Serra

Christian missionary

Key facts

Born
Miguel José Serra Ferrer , ( 1713-11-24 ) November 24, 1713, Petra, Majorca , Spain
Died
August 28, 1784 (1784-08-28) (aged 70), Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo , Las Californias , New Spain , Spanish Empire
Beatified
September 25, 1988, Saint Peter's Square , Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
September 23, 2015, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Francis
Major shrine
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo , Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , United States
Feast
August 28; July 1 in United States
Attributes
Franciscan habit, wearing a large crucifix , or holding a crucifix accompanied by a young Native American boy
Patronage
Vocations Hispanic Americans California

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Serra
Gender
male
Citizenship
Crown of Aragon
Occupation
missionary
Languages spoken
Catalan
Image
Engraving of Junípero Serra (1787) (cropped).jpg
Work location
California
Religious order
Discalced franciscans
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Commons category
Junípero Serra
canonization status
saint
date of birth
1713-11-24
date of death
1784-08-28
described by source
The Catholic Encyclopedia
feast day
July 1
cause of death
tuberculosis
second family name in Spanish name
Ferrer
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Miguel José Serra Ferrer
religious name
junipero
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Encyclopedic overview

Junípero Serra Ferrer (/huːˈniːpəroʊ ˈsɛrə/; Spanish: [xuˈnipeɾo ˈsera]; November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784), popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He founded a mission in Baja California and established eight of the 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California in the Province of Las Californias of New Spain.

Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 25 September 1988 in Vatican City. Amid denunciations from Native American tribes who accused Serra of presiding over a brutal colonial subjugation, Pope Francis canonized Serra on 23 September 2015 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., during his visit to the United States. Serra's missionary efforts earned him the title of "Apostle of California".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Junípero Serra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.