Spanish missions in Louisiana

The Spanish missions in Louisiana were religious outposts in Spanish Louisiana (La Luisiana) region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, located within the present-day U.S. states of Louisiana and East Texas.

They were established by Spanish missionaries for Indian Reductions of the local Native Americans.

Missions

Missions in Spanish Louisiana

Name	Image	Location	Established	Notes	References
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais		31.52356, -94.1151	1716	Re-established in 1721 on Ayish BayouMissionaries continued their work until 1773 when the East Texas missions were once again closed. Archeologists confirmed the location of the mission in the late 1970s. Since July 1, 2016, the Texas Historical Commission has operated the site as Mission Dolores State Historic Site.	[1][2][3]
San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes			Early 1717	The mission was attacked by French soldiers in 1719 and was abandoned. Moved and renamed San Miguel de Cuellar de Linares de los Adaes.	[4]
San Miguel de Cuéllar de Linares de los Adaes		Los Adaes	1722	Originally San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes. The Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, Governor of Coahuila and Tejas when they were part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, reopened the mission, but at a location closer to the Presidio of Los Adaes. The mission remained open until 1773.
Las Cabezas		On Bayou Scie	Around 1795	Succeeded by Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, and in 1858 was referred to as San Miguel. The St. Joseph Catholic Church in Zwolle proceeds these.	[5]

See also

On Spanish Missions in neighboring regions:

• Spanish missions in Florida
• List of missions in Spanish Florida
• Spanish missions in Georgia
• Spanish missions in Texas

On general missionary history:

• Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery

On colonial Spanish American history:

• Louisiana (New Spain)
• Louisiana (New France)
• Spanish Texas
• Spanish colonization of the Americas

References

1. "Keynote Lecture: Search patterns and search paths in human visual search", Visual Search 2, CRC Press, pp. 51–72, 1993-05-05, ISBN 978-0-429-18124-5, retrieved 2024-11-29
2. "Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais (Mission Delores) - Spanish Missions/Misiones Españolas (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
3. Eckhart, George B. (1967). "Spanish Missions of Texas 1680-1800". Kiva. 32 (3): 85. ISSN 0023-1940.
4. Association, Texas State Historical. "San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes Mission". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
5. Stark, Louisa R. (1980). "Notes on a Dialect of Spanish Spoken in Northern Louisiana". Anthropological Linguistics. 22 (4): 164. ISSN 0003-5483.