Father Junipero Serra / Fray Junipero Serra

Marker 1:

Father Junipero Serra

Donated by Wm Hannon Foundation

Commemorating San Fernando Mission

Sept 1797 - Sept 1997

Marker 2:

Fray Junipero Serra

1713-1784

Founder of the California Missions

In Memory of Eugenie B. Hannon

Marker is on ...

Father Junipero Serra 1713-1784

Upper marker - English

Born on the island of Majorca, off the coast of Spain, Father Serra was ordained in Palma where he taught for fifteen years before being sent to Mexico as a missionary in 1749. In 1769 ...

Father Junipero Serra

1713 – 1784

Dedicated to the Memory of

Father Junipero Serra

1713 - 1784

the first Franciscan missionary

to whom California owes an

everlasting tribute – he brought

civilization to our land and in deed

and character he deserves a foremost

place in the history of our state

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