Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Spanish mission in San Luis Obispo, California
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Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (Spanish: Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa) is a Spanish mission founded September 1, 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in San Luis Obispo, California. Named after Saint Louis of Anjou, the bishop of Toulouse, the mission is the namesake of San Luis Obispo.
 Missión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 2011. | |
  Location in California | |
| Location | 728 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, California 93401 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°16′50″N 120°39′52″W / 35.28056°N 120.66444°W / 35.28056; -120.66444 |
| Name as founded | La Misión de San Luís Obispo de Tolosa[1] |
| English translation | The Mission of Saint Louis Bishop of Toulouse |
| Patron | Saint Louis of Anjou, Bishop of Toulouse, France |
| Nickname(s) | "Prince of the Missions"[2] "Mission in the Valley of Bears" [3] "The Accidental Mission" [4] |
| Founding date | September 1, 1772 [3] |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Presidente Junípero Serra[5] |
| Founding Order | Fifth |
| Military district | Third [6] |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Chumash Obispeño |
| Native place name(s) | Tilhini[7] |
| Baptisms | 2,644 [8] |
| Marriages | 763 [8] |
| Burials | 2,268 [8] |
| Governing body | Diocese of Monterey |
| Current use | Parish Church / Museum |
| Reference no. | 325[9] |
| Website | |
| http://www.missionsanluisobispo.org | |
The Mission of San Luis Obispo is unusual in its design, in that its combination of belfry and vestibule are found nowhere else among the California missions.[10] Like other churches, the main nave is short and narrow, but at the San Luis Obispo Mission, there is a secondary nave of almost equal size situated to the right of the altar, making it the only L-shaped mission church in California.
- ^ Leffingwell, Randy (2005). California Missions and Presidios: The History & Beauty of the Spanish Missions. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-89658-492-5.
- ^ Schulte-Peevers, Andrea (1996). California. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet Publications. p. 682. ISBN 1-74059-951-9.
- ^ a b Yenne, Bill (2004). The Missions of California. San Diego, California: Advantage Publishers Group. p. 56. ISBN 1-59223-319-8.
- ^ Ruscin, Terry (1999). Mission Memoirs. San Diego, California: Sunbelt Publications. p. 53. ISBN 0-932653-30-8.
- ^ Ruscin (1999), p. 196.
- ^ Forbes, Alexander (1839). California: A History of Upper and Lower California. Cornhill, London: Smith, Elder and Co. p. 202.
- ^ Ruscin (1999), p. 195.
- ^ a b c Krell, Dorothy, ed. (1979). The California Missions: A Pictorial History. Menlo Park, California: Sunset Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 0-376-05172-8. As of December 31, 1832; information adapted from Engelhardt's Missions and Missionaries of California.
- ^ "Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks.
- ^ Al Abashian, Roubina (March 11, 2022). "The Ultimate Guide to Visiting San Luis Obispo". Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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