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Junipero Serra
Saint Junípero Serra O.F.M. | |
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Portrait of Junipero Serra | |
| Born | Miguel José Serra Ferrer (1713-11-24)November 24, 1713 Petra, Majorca, Spain |
| Died | (1784-08-28)August 28, 1784 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Las Californias, New Spain, Spanish Empire (now Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States) |
| Beatified | September 25, 1988, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | September 23, 2015, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States |
| Feast | August 28; July 1 in United States[1][2][3] |
| Patronage | |
Junípero Serra y Ferrer (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Franciscan friar most well known for founding the first 9 California missions.
He was from Majorca in Spain. He was a teacher of philosophy in Spain and Mexico in the 1740s.
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