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Mission San Buenaventura
Mission San Buenaventura, located in Ventura, was founded March 31, 1782 by Padre JunÃpero Serra and named for Saint Bonaventure. The first church was destroyed by the 1812 earthquake and rebuilt in 1816. San Buenaventura is ninth in the chain of missions and the last to be founded by Father Serra before his death. For…