Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in July 2022 | |
| Location | 4050 Mission Ave. Oceanside, California 92057 USA |
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| Coordinates | 33°13′57″N 117°19′13″W / 33.23250°N 117.32028°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia |
| English translation | The Mission of Saint Louis, King of France |
| Patron | Louis IX of France |
| Nickname(s) | "King of the Missions" |
| Founding date | June 13, 1798 |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Fermín de Lasuén |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1815 |
| Architectural style(s) | Spanish Colonial |
| Founding Order | Eighteenth |
| Military district | First (El Presidio Reál de San Diego) |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Kumeyaay, Quechnajuichom Luiseño & Diegueño 'Mission Indians' |
| Native place name(s) | Quencha—Quechla |
| Baptisms | 5,399 |
| Marriages | 1,335 |
| Burials | 2,718 |
| Neophyte population | 2,788 |
| Secularized | 1834 |
| Returned to the Church | 1865 |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego |
| Current use | Parish/Museum/Cemetery/Retreat House |
| Official name: San Luis Rey Mission Church | |
| Designated | April 15, 1970 |
| Reference no. | 70000142 |
| Designated | April 15, 1970 |
| Reference no. | #239 |
| Website | |
| http://www.sanluisrey.org/ | |
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (Spanish: Misión San Luis Rey de Francia) is a former Spanish mission in San Luis Rey, a neighborhood in Oceanside, California. This Mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians.
At its prime, Mission San Luis Rey's structures and services compound covered almost 950,400 acres (384,600 ha), making it the largest of the Californian missions, along with its surrounding agricultural land. Multiple outposts were built in support of Mission San Luis Rey and placed under its supervision, including the San Antonio de Pala Asistencia in 1816 and the Las Flores Estancia in 1823.