Mission San Antonio de Padua
The reconstructed Mission San Antonio de Padua as it appeared in 2006; construction on the Mission first began in 1810. The baked brick Campanario is unique among California Missions. | |
| Location | near Jolon, Monterey County, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°00′54″N 121°15′00″W / 36.01500°N 121.25000°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de San Antonio de Padua |
| English translation | The Mission of Saint Anthony of Padua |
| Patron | Saint Anthony of Padua |
| Nickname(s) | "Mission of the Sierras" |
| Founding date | July 14, 1771 |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Junípero Serra |
| Founding Order | Third |
| Military district | Third |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Salinan |
| Native place name(s) | Telhaya |
| Baptisms | 4,419 |
| Marriages | 1,142 |
| Burials | 3,617 |
| Secularized | 1834 |
| Returned to the Church | 1862 |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey |
| Current use | Parish Church |
| Designated | 1976 |
| Reference no. | 76000504 |
| Reference no. | 232 |
| Website | |
| http://www.missionsanantonio.net | |
Mission San Antonio de Padua is a Spanish mission established by the Franciscan order in present-day Monterey County, California, near the present-day town of Jolon. Founded on July 14, 1771, it was the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra. The mission was the first use of fired tile roofing in Upper California. Today the mission is a parish church of the Diocese of Monterey and is no longer active in the mission work which it was set up to provide.