Junípero Serra

(1713-1784)

Christian missionary

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Junípero Serra y Ferrer O.F.M. (Catalan: Juníper Serra i Ferrer; November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Roman 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 later founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 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, New Spain.

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Born	24 November 1713 Petra, Majorca, Spain
Died	28 August 1784 (aged 70) Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Las Californias, New Spain, Spanish Empire (modern day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.)
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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