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Mission San Fernando


Mission San Fernando



Mission San Fernando plaque
SAN FERNANDO MISSION

FOUNDED IN 1797 BY FATHER FERMIN FRANCISCO LASUEN
WE HONOR THOSE MEN OF FAITH, COURAGE AND VISION
WHO GUIDED THE FOUNDING OF THIS MISSION AND ALSO
THOSE WHO HAVE PRESERVED IT FOR POSTERITY
DEDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY          FERNANDA MARIA
GENERAL RICHARD GRIDLEY
ACHOIS COMAHAVIT          ANTELOPE VALLEY
POTREROS VERDES          SANTA SUSANA
ANNO DOMINI MCMLXX



Old Mission Church


The fourth Mission church is an exact replica of the earlier edifice erected between 1804 and 1806. Measuring 166 by 35 feet, its walls are seven feet thick at the base, tapering to five feet at the top. The interior furnishings were used in the earlier church. There were 3,188 baptisms, 2,449 burials and 842 marriages at San Fernando between 1797 and 1846. The 16th century gold-leafed reredos, a memorial to Eugenie Hannon, was installed in 1991. Pope John Paul II visited the church in September of 1987.

Exterior views
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Interior views

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Convento

The convento was thirteen years in construction. Completed in 1822, its famous corridor has twenty-one Roman arches, four foot adobe walls and the original iron grilles. In addition to the aristically and authentically refurbished rooms, there is El Teatro de Fray Junipero Serra which offers visitors a choice of several historical films on early life at the old missions, through the benefaction of the Fritz Burns Foundation.

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bedroom bedroom

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Museum

The grounds include a museum with a variety of exhibits including historical photographs of the mission, maps, statues, artwork, and a collection of Native American artifacts and crafts.

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Fray Fermin Francisco DeLausen plaque

Fray Fermin Francisco DeLausen statue
FRAY FERMIN FRANCISCO DeLAUSEN. O.F.M.
(1736 - 1803)

BORN IN VICTORIA, SPAIN - 1736. JOINED THE FRANCISCAN ORDER IN 1751. SENT TO THE COLLEGE OF SAN FERNANDO IN MEXICO CITY IN 1759.

LABORED IN MEXICO AND BAJA, CALIFORNIA UNTIL 1775. SPENT 10 YEARS AT MISSION SAN DIEGO.

SELECTED 2ND PRESIDENTE OF THE MISSIONS (1785) SUCCEEDING FR. SERRA.

ESTABLISHED 9 MISSIONS INCLUDING SAN FERNANDO.

BURIED AT CARMEL IN 1803.   R.I.P.



Mission San Fernando Mission San Fernando is located at 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd. in Mission Hills. map.



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Related Links
San Fernando - Wikipedia
Mission San Fernando Rey de España - California Missions



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