Mission Santa María Suamca

Santa María Suamca (also Santa María del Pilar, Santa María de los Pimas, Santa María Búgota, Santa Cruz) was a Spanish mission in the Sonoran desert.^[1]

History

Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino founded Suamca in 1706 as a visita of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. It became an independent mission with the 1732 arrival of Ignacio Xavier Keller^[1] At times, Mission San Lázaro and Mission San Luis Bacoancos were administered as visitas of Suamca.^[2]

The missionaries abandoned Suamca in favor of Mission Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera, after an Apache raid on November 19, 1768 destroyed most of the buildings.^[1]^[3] In 1787, Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate was relocated to Suamca, which was subsequently repopulated and called Santa Cruz after the presidio.^[1]

Missionaries

Missionaries stationed at Santa María Suamca included:^[1]

Ignacio Xavier Keller (1732–1759)
José Torres Perea (1741–1743)
Joaquín Félix Díaz (1733; 1760)
José Garrucho (1744–1748)
Miguel de la Vega (1749–1751)
Juan Nentvig (1753)
Francisco Hlava (1756)
Juan Labora (1757)
Diego Barrera (1760–1767)
Francisco Roche (1768)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Roca, Paul M. (1967). Paths of the Padres Through Sonora: An Illustrated History & Guide to Its Spanish Churches. Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. pp. 78–81. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ Tumacacori, Mailing Address: P. O. Box 8067; Us, AZ 85640 Phone: 520 377-5060 Contact. "Santa María Suamca - Tumacácori National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 13 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Caywood, Louis R. (1 January 1941). "The Spanish Missions of Northwestern New Spain Franciscan Period, 1768–1836". KIVA. doi:10.1080/00231940.1941.11758504. ISSN 0023-1940. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[roca-1] Roca, Paul M. (1967). Paths of the Padres Through Sonora: An Illustrated History & Guide to Its Spanish Churches. Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. pp. 78–81. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[nps-2] Tumacacori, Mailing Address: P. O. Box 8067; Us, AZ 85640 Phone: 520 377-5060 Contact. "Santa María Suamca - Tumacácori National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 13 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[caywood-3] Caywood, Louis R. (1 January 1941). "The Spanish Missions of Northwestern New Spain Franciscan Period, 1768–1836". KIVA. doi:10.1080/00231940.1941.11758504. ISSN 0023-1940. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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Mission Santa María Suamca

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