Mission San Buenaventura was founded by Father Serra on the Easter Sunday of March 31, 1782. The site had been discovered and claimed for the Spanish King by the great navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, almost 50 years after the landing …
On Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782, Father Serra founded Mission San Buenaventura, the last California mission he established in person. The Spanish King had changed his position again, claiming that a few white settlers were of greater value than any …
Mission San Buenaventura, located in the city of Ventura, was founded on March 31, 1782, by Padre Junípero Serra and named for Saint Bonaventure. The first church was destroyed by the 1812 earthquake and rebuilt in 1816. San Buenaventura is …