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Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos in Pecos, New Mexico.
 Men and women gather around the Plaza Church (La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles) sometime between 1890 and 1900. The block building features an arched doorway, ocular windows, and a gazebo-like structure mounted on the roof. Faint impressions of paintings on the exterior of the building are evident. | |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°05′69″N 118°23′90″W / 34.10250°N 118.40833°W / 34.10250; -118.40833 Coordinates: latitude seconds >= 60 Coordinates: longitude seconds >= 60 {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude |
| Name as founded | La Misíon Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles |
| English translation | The Mission of Our Lady Queen of the Angels |
| Patron | Our Lady the Queen of the Angels |
| Founding date | September 4, 1781 |
| Military district | First |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Suisunes |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Church |
| Current use | Parish Church |
Mission Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781 by a group of Spanish pobladeros (settlers), consisting of 11 families — 44 men, women and children, led by Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada, Lt. Governor of the Californias and accompanied by a contingent of soldiers — who had set out from the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to establish an asistencia ("sub-mission") along the banks of the Porciúncula River at the Indian village of Yang-na. The settlement's name was derived from one of the advocations of Mary, mother of Jesus. The new governor of California, Felip de Neve, subsequently recommended to the viceroy in Mexico that the site be developed into a small agricultural pueblo (town). The installation was therefore never actually granted mission status, and the surrounding area was duly named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula" — the present-day City of Los Angeles).
The current chapel building, La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles ("The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels," a replica of the original adobe structure) was dedicated on December 8, 1822 (the "Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin") and for years served as the sole Roman Catholic church in the pueblo. Today, the "Old Plaza Church in Los Angeles" is preserved in a district known as Olvera Street, and continues to function as a parish church, serving an almost exclusively Spanish-speaking congregation as it did in the beginning.
Notes
- Yenne, p. 50
- Yenne, p. 48
References
- Yenne, Bill (2004). The Missions of California. Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA. ISBN 1-59223-319-8.
See also
- Spanish missions in California
- USNS Mission Los Angeles (AO-117) — a Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II.
