Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission Dolores adobe chapel (left) and Mission Dolores Basilica | |
| Location | 320 Dolores Street San Francisco, California 94114 |
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| Coordinates | 37°45′51.8″N 122°25′37.3″W / 37.764389°N 122.427028°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de Nuestro Padre San Francisco de Asís |
| English translation | The Mission of Our Father Saint Francis of Assisi |
| Patron | Saint Francis of Assisi |
| Nickname(s) | "Mission Dolores" |
| Founding priest(s) | Francisco Palóu; Junípero Serra |
| Founding Order | Sixth |
| Military district | Fourth |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Ohlone Costeño |
| Native place name(s) | Chutchui |
| Baptisms | 6,898 |
| Marriages | 2,043 |
| Burials | 11,000= 5,000 (Europeans/Americans), 6,000 (Indians) |
| Secularized | 1834 |
| Returned to the Church | 1857 |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Current use | Parish Church |
| Designated | 1972 |
| Reference no. | #72000251 |
| Official name: Site of original Mission Dolores chapel and Dolores Lagoon | |
| Reference no. | 327-1 |
| Designated | April 11, 1968 |
| Reference no. | 1 |
| Website | |
| http://www.missiondolores.org | |
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The Mission San Francisco de Asís (Spanish: Misión San Francisco de Asís), also known as Mission Dolores, is a historic Catholic church complex in San Francisco, California. Operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the complex was founded in the 18th century by Spanish Catholic missionaries. The mission contains two historic buildings:
- The Mission Dolores adobe chapel was constructed in 1780s. It is the oldest structure in San Francisco.
- The Mission Dolores Basilica was constructed in 1918. It was designated a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1952.
Located in the Mission District, the mission was founded on October 9, 1776, by Frs Francisco Palóu and Pedro Benito Cambón. The Franciscan Order sent the two priests to the then Spanish Province of Alta California to bring in Spanish settlers and evangelize the indigenous Ohlone people. The Ohlone provided most the labor which built the adobe chapel. The early 20th-century Mission Dolores Basilica replaced a brick parish church built in 1876 that was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.