Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Missión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 2011. | |
| Location | 728 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, California 93401 |
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| Coordinates | 35°16′50″N 120°39′52″W / 35.28056°N 120.66444°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de San Luís Obispo de Tolosa |
| English translation | The Mission of Saint Louis Bishop of Toulouse |
| Patron | Saint Louis of Anjou, Bishop of Toulouse, France |
| Nickname(s) | "Prince of the Missions" "Mission in the Valley of Bears" "The Accidental Mission" |
| Founding date | September 1, 1772 |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Presidente Junípero Serra |
| Founding Order | Franciscan |
| Military district | Third |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Chumash Obispeño |
| Native place name(s) | Tilhini |
| Baptisms | 2,644 |
| Marriages | 763 |
| Burials | 2,268 |
| Governing body | Diocese of Monterey |
| Current use | Parish Church / Museum |
| Reference no. | 325 |
| Website | |
| http://www.missionsanluisobispo.org | |
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (Spanish: Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa) is a Spanish mission founded September 1, 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in San Luis Obispo, California. The mission was named after San Luis, obispo de Talosa (Saint Louis, bishop of Toulouse, France).
The Mission of San Luis Obispo is unusual in its design, in that its combination of belfry and vestibule are found nowhere else among the California missions. Like other churches, the main nave is short and narrow, but at the San Luis Obispo Mission, there is a secondary nave of almost equal size situated to the right of the altar, making it the only L-shaped mission church in California.