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Ruin of the mission church at Cocóspera

Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera was a Spanish mission in the Sonoran desert.

History

Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino founded Cocóspera in 1689. It was initially a visita of Mission San José de Imuris, and at various times served as an independent mission or as a visita of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores or Mission Santa María Suamca.

Churches at Cocóspera were burnt by Apaches in 1698, 1746, and 1776, and repeatedly rebuilt by the missionaries. Due to ongoing Apache raids, the mission was eventually abandoned in 1845.

John Ross Browne sketched the mission in 1864.

Missionaries

Missionaries stationed at Cocóspera included:

  • Pedro Sandoval (1691–?)
  • Juan Bautista Barli (1693–1694)
  • Fernando Bayerca (1694–?)
  • Pedro Ruiz de Contreras (1697–1698)
  • Francisco Hlawa (1757–?)
  • Francisco Roche (1768–?)
  • Francisco Cobas (1798–?)
  • Rafael Díaz (1831–1836)

References

  1. Sheridan, Thomas E. (1999). Empire of Sand: The Seri Indians and the Struggle for Spanish Sonora, 1645-1803. University of Arizona Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8165-1858-6. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ Roca, Paul M. (1967). Paths of the Padres Through Sonora: An Illustrated History & Guide to Its Spanish Churches. Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. p. 84-87. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. Pickens, Buford L. (5 April 2022). The Missions of Northern Sonora: A 1935 Field Documentation. University of Arizona Press. pp. 42–62. ISBN 978-0-8165-4770-8. Retrieved 16 December 2024.