Spanish missions in South America

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The Spanish missions in South America comprise a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives.

Missions

Argentina

• Mission San Ignacio Miní (1632), in Misiones Province
• Mission Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (1637), in Misiones Province
• Mission Nuestra Señora de Loreto (1610), in Misiones Province
• Mission Santa María la Major (1626), in Misiones Province
• Mission Candelaria
• Mission Corpus
• Mission San Carlos
• Mission San José
• Mission Martires
• Mission San Javier
• Mission Conception
• Mission Apostoles
• Mission Santo Tomé
• Mission Yapeiu
• Mission La Cruz
• Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (1615), in Córdoba

Bolivia

See also: Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos

• Mission San Francisco Javier
• Mission Conception
• Mission Santa Ana
• Mission San Miguel
• Mission San Rafael
• Mission San José
• Mission Sao Joaquin (1747)
• Mission San Estanislao (1747)
• Mission Belen (1760)

Brazil

• Mission São Miguel das Missões (São Miguel Arcanjo) (1687), the chief mission of the seven in Brazil
• Mission Santo Ângelo (1706)
• Mission São Francisco de Borja (1682)
• Mission São Nicolau
• Mission São Luiz Gonzaga
• Mission São Lourenço Mártir (1690)
• Mission São João Batista (1697).

(Note: The above are Portuguese translations of the original names)

Paraguay

• Mission San Ignacio Guazù (1609)
• Mission Santa Rosa de Lima (1698)
• Mission Santa Maria da Fé (1647)
• Mission San Cosme y Damian (1652), also an astronomic observatory
• Mission Santiago (1651)
• Mission Itapua (present-day Encarnación)
• Mission Jesus de Tavarangué (1685)
• Mission La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná (1706), near present-day Encarnación

References

• The Jesuit Missions in South America

See also

• Jesuit Reductions
• Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery
• Spanish colonization of the Americas
• Guarani War
• The Mission (1986 film)