18th-century Spanish mission in California
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
A view of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in April 2005. The open stairway at the far right leads to the choir loft, and to the left is the six-bell
campanario
("bell wall") that was built after the original bell structure, located at the far end of the church, toppled during the
1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake
.
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Location in Los Angeles County
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Location
| 428 South Mission Dr.
San Gabriel, California
91776-1299
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Coordinates
| 34°05′48″N
118°06′24″W
/
34.09667°N 118.10667°W
/
34.09667; -118.10667
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Name as founded
| La Mision del Santo Principe el Arcangel, San Gabriel de los Temblores
[1]
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English translation
| The Mission of the Saintly Prince The Archangel, St. Gabriel of the Tremblors
|
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Patron
| Gabriel
, Holy Prince of Archangels
[2]
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Nickname(s)
| "Pride of the Alta California Missions"
[
citation needed
]
"Mother of Agriculture in California"
[3]
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Founding date
| September 8, 1771
[4]
|
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Founding priest(s)
| Pedro Benito Cambon
and
Angel de la Somera
(1st);
Father Presidente
Junipero Serra
(2nd)
[5]
|
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Founding Order
| Fourth
[2]
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Military district
| First
[6]
[7]
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Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
| Tongva
Gabrieleno
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Native place name(s)
| 'Iisanchanga
,
Shevaanga
[8]
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Baptisms
| 7,825
[9]
|
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Marriages
| 1,916
[9]
|
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Burials
| 5,670
[9]
|
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Secularized
| 1834
[2]
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Returned to the
Church
| 1859
[2]
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Governing body
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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Current use
| Chapel / Museum
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Designated
| 1971
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Reference no.
| #71000158
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Reference no.
| #158
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http://www.sangabrielmission.org
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Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
(
Spanish
:
Mision de San Gabriel Arcangel
) is a
Californian mission
and historic landmark in
San Gabriel, California
. It was founded by the
Spanish Empire
on "The Feast of the Birth of
Mary
," September 8, 1771, as the fourth of what would become twenty-one
Spanish missions in California
.
[10]
San Gabriel Arcangel was named after the
Archangel Gabriel
and often referred to as the "Godmother of the Pueblo of Los Angeles."
[11]
The mission was designed by
Antonio Cruzado
, who gave the building its capped buttresses and the tall narrow windows, which are unique among the missions of the California chain. A large stone cross stands in the center of the
Campo Santo
(
cemetery
), first consecrated in 1778 and then again on January 29, 1939. It serves as the final resting place for some 6,000 "neophytes". It is the oldest and first cemetery in the state of California.
[12]
Also interred at the Mission are the bodies of numerous
Franciscan
priests who died during their time of service, as well as the remains of Reverend Raymond Catalan, C.M.F., who undertook the restoration of the Mission's gardens. Entombed at the foot of the altar are the remains of eight Franciscan priests (listed in order of interment): Miguel Sanchez, Antonio Cruzado,
Francisco Dumetz
, Ramon Ulibarri, Joaquin P. Nunez,
Geronimo Boscana
,
Jose Bernardo Sanchez
, and Blas Ordaz. Buried among the priests is centenarian
Eulalia Perez de Guillen Marine
, the "keeper of the keys" under Spanish rule; her grave is marked by a bench dedicated in her memory, and
Victoria Reid
, a woman from
Comicranga
, who was taken to the mission at a young age and became a respected figure in
Mexican California
.
[13]
According to Spanish legend, the founding expedition was confronted by a large group of native Tongva peoples whose intention was to drive the strangers away. One of the priests laid a painting of "Our Lady of Sorrows" on the ground for all to see, whereupon the natives, designated by the
settlers
as the
Gabrielenos
, immediately made peace with the missionaries, because they were so moved by the painting's beauty.
[1]
Today the 300-year-old work hangs in front of and slightly to the left of the old high altar and
reredos
in the Mission's
sanctuary
. Resistance to the mission by the Tongva was recorded
[14]
and how much the neophytes embraced Catholicism remains a subject of debate among scholars.
[15]
History
[
edit
]
In August 1771, the
Portola expedition
, which consisted of "ten Spanish soldiers and two Franciscan priests, encountered armed
Tongva
Indians on the banks of the
Santa Ana River
."
[16]
One month later, Mission San Gabriel was founded on September 8, 1771, by Fray Angel Fernandez de la Somera and Fray Pedro Benito Cambon. The planned site for the Mission was along the banks of the
Rio de los Temblores
(the River of the Earthquakes?the Santa Ana River). The priests chose an alternate site on a fertile plain located directly alongside the
Rio Hondo
in the
Whittier Narrows
.
[17]
The site of the
Mision Vieja
(or "Old Mission") is located near the intersection of San Gabriel Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue.
The mission was built and run using what has been described as
slave
labor
[18]
from nearby
Tongva
villages, such as
Yaanga
[19]
and was built on the site of the village of
Toviscanga
.
[20]
[21]
When the nearby
Pueblo de los Angeles
was built in 1781, the mission competed with the emerging pueblo for control of
Indigenous
labor.
[19]
The expedition of
Juan Bautista de Anza
visited the mission in January and February 1776, having previous been there in 1774.
[22]
In 1776, a flash flood destroyed much of the crops and ruined the original Mission complex, which was subsequently relocated five miles closer to the mountains in present-day San Gabriel (the Tongva settlement of
Toviscanga
or 'Iisanchanga).
[23]
The Tongva village of
Shevaanga
was also located "close to the second location of Mission San Gabriel" after the original site was abandoned due to the flooding.
[24]
On December 9, 1812 (the "Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin"), a series of massive
earthquakes
shook Southern California. The
1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake
caused the three-bell
campanario
, located adjacent to the chapel's east facade, to collapse. A larger, six-bell structure was subsequently constructed at the far end of the
Capilla
. While no pictorial record exists to document what the original structure looked like, architectural historian
Rexford Newcomb
deduced the design and published a depiction in his 1916 work
The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta (upper) California
.
Over 25,000
baptisms
were conducted at San Gabriel between 1771 and 1834, making it the most prolific in the chain of missions. Tongva people from nearby settlements like
Akuranga
village were affected by the practices of Franciscan missionaries, who attempted to "eradicate what they perceived as ills within Tongva society" through "religious indoctrination, labor, restructuring of gender structures, and violence," which took place at and around the Mission.
[16]
A missionary during this period reported that three out of four children died at Mission San Gabriel before reaching the age of 2.
[25]
Nearly 6,000 Tongva lie buried in the grounds of the San Gabriel Mission.
[26]
There were reports throughout this period of
Indigenous peoples
fleeing the conditions at the Mission. For example, in 1808, the missionaries sent Spanish soldier Jose Palomares after some "neophytes" who had fled the mission. Escapees traveled as far as the
Serrano
village of
Wa’peat
to escape the Mission. Palomares observed the escapees at the village and attempted to negotiate with the chief of the village for their return. However, the chief refused.
[27]
[28]
Although San Gabriel once furnished food and supplies to settlements and other missions throughout California, a majority of the Mission structures fell into ruins after it was
secularized
in November 1834. The once-extensive vineyards were falling to decay, with fences broken down and animals roaming freely through it.
[29]
During part of the 1850s, squatters set upon the mission, converting part of it into a saloon which had both felons and a
justice of the peace
as customers;
[30]
it was opened by former San Diego Mayor
Joshua Bean
.
[31]
The Mission's chapel functioned as a
parish
church for the City of San Gabriel from 1862 until 1908, when the
Claretian Missionaries
came to San Gabriel and began the job of rebuilding and restoring the Mission. In 1874, tracks were laid for
Southern Pacific
Railroad near the mission. In 2012, artifacts from the mission era were found when the tracks were lowered into a trench known as the
Alameda Corridor
-East.
[32]
On October 1, 1987, the
Whittier Narrows earthquake
damaged the property. A significant portion of the original complex has since been restored.
Fire completely destroyed the roof of the original church sanctuary on July 11, 2020.
[33]
Prior to the fire, the mission was undergoing renovation, saving some paintings and artifacts.
[34]
An investigation into the origin of the fire was opened.
[35]
On May 5, 2021, John David Corey, age 57, was charged with felony counts of arson and burglary for setting the fire.
[36]
An invitation-only Mass was celebrated in September 2022 with hope of permanently opening the mission by early December.
[37]
Mission industries
[
edit
]
The goal of the missions was to become self-sufficient in relatively short order.
Farming
was the most important
industry
of any mission. Prior to the missions, the Native Americans had developed a complex, self-sufficient culture. The mission priests established what they thought of as a manual training school: to teach the Indians their style of agriculture, the mechanical arts, and the raising and care of livestock. The missions, utilizing the labor of the
neophytes
, produced everything they used and consumed. After 1811, the mission Indians could be said to sustain the entire military and civil government of California.
[38]
Ranchos (not to be confused with secular government land-grant ranchos) were established in a wide area for raising cattle, sheep and other livestock. These included; San Pasqual, Santa Anita, Azusa, San Francisquito, Cucumonga, San Antonio, San Bernardino, San Gorgonio, Yucaipa, Jurupa, Guapa, Rincon, Chino, San Jose, Ybarras, Puente, Mission Vieja, Serranos, Rosa de Castilla, Coyotes, Jabonaria, Las Bolsas, Alamitos, and Cerritos.
[39]
When Rancho San Gorgonio was established in 1824, in what today is known as the
San Gorgonio Pass
, it became the most distant rancho operated by the San Gabriel Mission.
[40]
Many of the Native Americans lived in communities called
rancherias
. "The names of the rancherias associated with San Gabriel Mission were: Acuragna,
Alyeupkigna
,
Awigna
,
Azucsagna
,
Cahuenga
,
Chokishgna
,
Chowigna
,
Cucomogna
, Hahamogna,
Harasgna
, Houtgna, Hutucgna,
Isanthcogna
,
Maugna
,
Nacaugna
, Pascegna,
Pasinogna
,
Pimocagna
,
Pubugna
,
Sibagna
,
Sisitcanogna
,
Sonagna
,
Suangna
, Tibahagna,
Toviscanga
, Toybipet, Yangna."
[41]
To efficiently manage its extensive lands, Mission San Gabriel established several outlying sub-missions, known as
asistencias
. Several of these became or were included in land grants following the
Mexican secularization
of the missions in the 1830s, including:
In 1816, the Mission built a
grist mill
on a nearby creek.
El Molino Viejo
still stands, now preserved as a museum and historic landmark. Other mission industries included cowhide tanning/exporting and tallow-rendering (for making soap and for export),
lime kilns
, tile making, cloth weaving for blankets and clothing, and
adobe
bricks.
Mission bells
[
edit
]
Bells were important to daily life at any mission. They were rung to mark mealtimes, to call the Mission residents to work and to religious services, to mark births and funerals, to signal the approach of a ship or a returning missionary, and at other times; novices were instructed in the intricate rituals associated with the ringing of the mission bells. The mission bells were also used to tell time.
The actor Gil Frye portrayed Father Miguel Sanchez in a 1953 episode, "The Bell of San Gabriel," of the
syndicated
television
anthology series
Death Valley Days
,
hosted by
Stanley Andrews
. As a child portrayed in the segment by Peter J. Votrian, Miguel provides funds acquired from a wealthy nobleman to sweeten the tone of the bell at Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Years later, the ringing of the bell saves his life when he is a young monk stranded in the desert in the Death Valley country.
[42]
Cemetery
[
edit
]
The Mission San Gabriel Arcangel Cemetery is the oldest and first Catholic cemetery in the state of California.
[12]
A large stone cross stands in the center of the
Campo Santo
(
cemetery
), first consecrated in 1778 and then again on January 29, 1939, by the Los Angeles Archbishop
John Cantwell
. It serves as the final resting place for some 6,000 "neophytes;" a small stone marker denotes the gravesite of Jose de los Santos, the last American Indian to be buried on the grounds, at the age of 101 in February 1921.
The Tongva people have their own ceremony and traditions after death. A 1724
engraving
depicts Native Americans (most likely Tongva) carrying a dead body over a smoky fire.
[12]
Exhibits
[
edit
]
Visitors can tour the church, museum and grounds. The adobe museum building was built in 1812 and was originally used for sleeping quarters and book storage.
[43]
Exhibits include mission relics, books and religious artifacts.
[44]
The grounds feature operations from the original mission complex, including indoor and outdoor kitchens, winery, water cisterns, soap and candle vats, tanning vats for preparing cattle hides, and a cemetery. There is also a gift shop.
Matrimonial Investigation Records
[
edit
]
As part of the William McPherson Collection
[45]
in the Special Collections
[46]
at the
Claremont Colleges
' Honnold/Mudd Library, the San Gabriel Mission
[47]
are a valuable resource for research on the pre-statehood activities of the Mission.
[48]
William McPherson was a rancher, scholar, and collector from
Orange County, California
, who donated his extensive collection of mission documents, primarily from the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, to Special Collections in 1964.
[48]
[49]
The matrimonial records span 1788 to 1861 and are notarized interviews with couples wanting to marry in the Roman Catholic Church, performed to establish the couples' freedom to marry.
[48]
The collection includes 165 investigations, with 173 men and 170 women.
[48]
Because the donated records are fragile, they are no longer available to be photocopied. The
California Digital Library
has an online guide available to search the collection.
[50]
See also
[
edit
]
Notes
[
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]
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a
b
Leffingwell, p. 43
- ^
a
b
c
d
Krell, p. 113
- ^
Ruscin, p. 41
- ^
Yenne, p. 48
- ^
Ruscin, p. 196
- ^
Forbes, p. 202
- ^
Engelhardt,
San Diego Mission
, pp. v, 228 "
The military district of San Diego embraced the Missions of San Diego, San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and San Gabriel...
"
- ^
Ruscin, p. 195
- ^
a
b
c
Krell, p. 315: as of December 31, 1832; information adapted from Engelhardt's
Missions and Missionaries of California
.
- ^
"San Gabriel Arcangel"
. California Missions. Archived from
the original
on March 27, 2009
. Retrieved
March 14,
2009
.
- ^
Robert A. Bellezza.
Missions of Los Angeles
.
- ^
a
b
c
Schipske, Gerrie (September 19, 2016).
Historic Cemeteries of Long Beach
. Arcadia Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-4396-5765-2
.
- ^
"City of Arcadia, CA"
.
www.arcadiaca.gov
. Retrieved
January 8,
2023
.
- ^
Dietler, John; Gibson, Heather; Vargas, Benjamin (2018). "
"A Mourning Dirge Was Sung": Community and Remembrance at Mission San Gabriel".
Forging Communities in Colonial Alta California
. University of Arizona Press.
ISBN
9780816538928
.
- ^
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle (2017).
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771?1965
. UNC Press Books. p. 25.
ISBN
9781469631196
.
How much the neophytes embraced Catholicism remains a lively debate among scholars.
- ^
a
b
Saavedra, Yvette J. (2018).
Pasadena Before the Roses: Race, Identity, and Land Use in Southern California, 1771?1890
. University of Arizona Press. pp. 20?21.
ISBN
9780816535538
.
- ^
McCawley, p 189
- ^
Street, Richard Steven (2004).
Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913
. Stanford University Press. p. 39.
ISBN
9780804738804
.
a clerk with the Jedediah Smith fur-trapping party spent considerable time observing his San Gabriel mission surroundings. He soon found himself unable to tolerate the site of the natives working in the nearby vineyards and fields. 'They are kept in great fear, and for the least offense they are corrected,' he confided in his diary. 'They are... complete slaves in every sense of the word.'
- ^
a
b
Estrada, William David (2009).
The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space
. University of Texas Press. pp. 35?36.
ISBN
9780292782099
.
Thus, the missionaries and pobladores became competitors. They secured Indian labor through various material inducements, such as food and clothing, and also by capture.
- ^
Peet, Stephen Denison (1881?82). Gatschet, Alb. S. (ed.).
The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal
. Jameson & Morse. p. 73.
- ^
Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico. Volume IV, T to Z
. Frederick Webb Hodge. Scituate, MA. 2003. p. 796.
ISBN
978-1-58218-756-3
.
OCLC
961309517
.
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"Anza Trail: Historic & Cultural Sites in California - Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)"
.
www.nps.gov
. Retrieved
April 28,
2021
.
- ^
Peet, Stephen Denison (1881?82). Gatschet, Alb. S. (ed.).
The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal
. Jameson & Morse. p. 73.
- ^
Greene, Sean; Curwen, Thomas.
"Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past"
.
LA Times
. Retrieved
June 19,
2019
.
- ^
Singleton, Heather Valdez (2004).
"Surviving Urbanization: The Gabrieleno, 1850-1928"
.
Wi?azo ?a Review
.
19
(2): 49?59.
doi
:
10.1353/wic.2004.0026
.
JSTOR
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.
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Martinez, Roberta H. (2009).
Latinos in Pasadena
. Arcadia. p. 15.
ISBN
9780738569550
.
- ^
Sutton, Mark Q.; Earle, David D. (2017).
The Desert Serrano of the Mojave River
(PDF)
. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly. p. 8.
- ^
Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Volumes 25-26
. Malki Museum. 2005. p. 19.
- ^
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_15440867?source=rss
Pasadena Star-News
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Pitt, L. (1998).
Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890
. University of California Press. p. 106.
ISBN
978-0-520-21958-8
. Retrieved
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2023
.
- ^
Vickers, M. (2022).
Twisted Tour Guide to San Diego: Shocking Deaths, Scandals and Vice
. Twisted Tour Guides. Marquis Publishing. p. 26
. Retrieved
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2023
.
Arnold, R.J. (2013).
San Gabriel
. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 64.
ISBN
978-1-4671-3061-5
. Retrieved
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2023
.
- ^
Pool, Bob (February 6, 2012).
"At a planned train trench, an archaeological treasure trove"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
July 24,
2017
.
- ^
Bravo, Kristina; DerMugrdechian, Lucas (July 11, 2020).
"Roof destroyed at San Gabriel Mission after fire broke out at 249-year-old church"
.
KTLA
. Retrieved
July 11,
2020
.
- ^
"Mission founded by St. Junipero Serra burns in overnight fire"
.
Catholic News Agency
. Irondale, Alabama: EWTN News, Inc. July 11, 2020
. Retrieved
July 21,
2020
.
- ^
Gonzales, Rudy (July 21, 2020).
"Probe continues into fire that gutted Mission San Gabriel Archangel church"
.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune ×
. Retrieved
July 21,
2020
.
- ^
Campa, Andrew J.; Winton, Richard; Queally, James (May 4, 2021).
"Man accused of setting fire to San Gabriel Mission had conflicts with staff, sources say"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
May 6,
2021
.
- ^
Campa, Andrew J. (September 9, 2022).
"A little more than two years after a devastating fire, the San Gabriel Mission is nearly restored"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
September 9,
2022
.
- ^
Engelhardt 1922, p. 211
- ^
Reid, Hugo (1869).
"Letters on the Los Angeles County Indians"
(PDF)
.
GabrielenoIndians.Net
. Los Angeles Star
. Retrieved
March 15,
2021
.
- ^
Gudde, Edwin G. (1949).
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. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California. p. 305.
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Hodge, Frederick Webb (1910).
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. Vol. Part 2 (1st ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. p. 439.
ISBN
978-0-7222-0828-1
. Retrieved
February 4,
2021
.
- ^
"The Bell of San Gabriel on
Death Valley Days
"
. Internet Movie Database
. Retrieved
July 3,
2019
.
- ^
"Mission, Museum, Grounds, Gardens, and Gift Shop"
Archived
2009-01-22 at the
Wayback Machine
, San Gabriel Mission
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Vankin, Deborah (June 28, 2023).
"A fire tore through Mission San Gabriel. Its museum now tells a more inclusive story"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
June 29,
2023
.
- ^
William McPherson Collection
- ^
Special Collections
- ^
"Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission"
. Archived from
the original
on January 10, 2012
. Retrieved
November 3,
2010
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
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Special Collections.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- St. Timothy Catholic Church, Los Angeles
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills
- St. Ambrose Church, West Hollywood
- Saint Victor Catholic Church, West Hollywood
- Deanery 14 (Central LA/Hollywood)
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood
- Cathedral Chapel, Los Angeles
- Christ the King Catholic Church, Los Angeles
- St. Basil Catholic Church, Wilshire
- St. Brendan Catholic Church, Los Angeles
- Deanery 15 (Downtown/South)
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
- La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles
- Precious Blood Catholic Church
- St. Cecilia Catholic Church
- St. Patrick Catholic Church
- St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
- St. Vincent de Paul Church
- Deanery 16 (South LA/Inglewood)
- St. John Chrysostom Church, Inglewood
- St. Odilia Church, Los Angeles
- Ascension Catholic Church, Los Angeles
- Spanish mission
- La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles
(Note: This is not a Spanish mission, but rather, a parish church.)
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San Fernando
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- Deanery 5 (West San Fernando Valley)
- Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks
- Our Lady of Grace, Encino
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Northridge
- Our Lady of the Valley, Canoga Park
- St. Bernardine of Siena Church, Woodland Hills
- St. Bridget of Sweden Catholic Church, Van Nuys
- St. Catherine of Siena Church, Reseda
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church and School, Encino
- St. Euphrasia, Granada Hills
- St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks
- St. John Eudes Church, Chatsworth
- St. John the Baptist de la Salle Church, Granada Hills
- St. Joseph the Worker Church, Winnetka
- St. Mel, Woodland Hills
- Deanery 6 (Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Eagle Rock)
- Holy Family Catholic Church, Glendale
- Incarnation Catholic Church and School, Glendale
- Deanery 7 (Central San Fernando Valley and Burbank)
- Guardian Angel Church, Pacoima
- Jesus Sacred Heart Syriac Catholic Church, North Hollywood
- Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Pacoima
- Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, Mission Hills
- Our Lady of Peace Church, North Hills
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Sun Valley
- St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Church, San Fernando
- St. Anne Melkite Catholic Cathedral, North Hollywood
- St. Charles Borromeo Church, North Hollywood
- St. Didacus Catholic Church, Sylmar
- St. Elizabeth Church and School, Van Nuys
- St. Ferdinand Catholic Church, San Fernando
- St. Finbar Catholic Church and School, Burbank
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Burbank
- St. Genevieve Catholic Church, Panorama City
- St. Jane de Chantal Catholic Church, North Hollywood
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, North Hollywood
- St Paul Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church, North Hollywood
- St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Burbank
- Santa Rosa Catholic Church, San Fernando
- Deanery 8 (Santa Clarita Valley and Lancaster/Palmdale)
- Blessed Junipero Serra Catholic Church, Lancaster
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San Gabriel
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- Deanery 9 (East LA, Boyle Heights, City Terrace)
- All Saints Catholic Church, Los Angeles
- Assumption Catholic Church, Los Angeles
- Deanery 10 (Pasadena, Altadena, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Montebello, Alhambra)
- All Souls Catholic Church, Alhambra
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Pasadena
- St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Pasadena
- Mission San Gabriel Parish, San Gabriel
- Deanery 11 (Arcadia, Covina, Glendora, Monrovia, La Puente)
- Annunciation Catholic Church, Arcadia
- Deanery 12 (San Dimas, Claremont, Pomona, Diamond Bar, La Puente, Valinda, Walnut)
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San Pedro
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- Deanery 17 (Downey, Compton, Huntington Park, Lynwood)
- Deanery 18 (Whittier, La Mirada, Pico Rivera, Norwalk)
- Beatitudes of Our Lord Catholic Church, La Mirada
- Holy Family Catholic Church, Artesia
- Deanery 19 (South Bay and San Pedro)
- American Martyrs Catholic Church, Manhattan Beach
- SS. Peter and Paul's Church, Wilmington
- Deanery 20 (Long Beach)
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Santa Barbara
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- Deanery 1 (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria)
- La Purisima Mission, Lompoc
- Mission Santa Ines, Solvang
- Deanery 2 (Santa Barbara)
- Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara
- Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Santa Barbara
- Deanery 3 (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore, Santa Paula)
- Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura
- Deanery 4 (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Camarillo)
- Blessed Junipero Serra Catholic Church, Camarillo
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Education in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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Our Lady of the Angels
Pastoral Region
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- Universities and colleges
- Loyola Marymount University
- Mount St. Mary's University
- High schools
- Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto HS, Harvard Heights
- Cathedral HS (Boys)
- Immaculate Heart HS, Los Feliz (Girls)
- Loyola HS, Harvard Heights (Boys)
- Marymount HS, Bel Air (Girls)
- Notre Dame Acad. (Girls)
- St. Bernard HS, Playa del Rey
- St. Mary's Acad., Inglewood (Girls)
- St. Monica Catholic HS, Santa Monica
- Verbum Dei HS, Watts (Boys)
- High schools, closed
- Daniel MS, Los Angeles
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San Fernando
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- High schools
- Bishop Alemany HS, Mission Hills
- Chaminade HS, West Hills
- Crespi Carmelite HS, Encino
- Flintridge Sacred Heart Acad., La Canada Flintridge
- Louisville HS, Woodland Hills
- Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks
- Paraclete HS, Lancaster
- Providence HS, Burbank
- St. Francis HS, La Canada Flintridge
- St. Genevieve HS, Panorama City
- High schools, closed
- Bellarmine-Jefferson HS, Burbank
- Holy Family HS, Glendale
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San Gabriel
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- High schools
- Ramona Convent Sec., Alhambra
- St. Lucy's Priory HS, Glendora
- Bishop Amat Memorial HS, La Puente
- Damien HS, La Verne
- Salesian HS, Los Angeles
- Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary HS, Montebello
- La Salle College Prep., Pasadena
- Mayfield Senior, Pasadena
- St. Monica Acad., Montrose
- Pomona Catholic HS, Pomona
- San Gabriel Mission HS, San Gabriel
- Alverno Heights Acad., Sierra Madre
(formerly Alverno HS)
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San Pedro
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- High schools
- St. John Bosco HS, Bellflower
- St. Pius X-St. Matthias Acad., Downey
- Junipero Serra HS, Gardena
- St. Joseph High School, Lakewood
- St. Anthony HS, Long Beach
- Don Bosco HS, Rosemead
- Mary Star of the Sea HS, San Pedro
- St. Paul HS, Santa Fe Springs
- Bishop Montgomery HS, Torrance
- Universities and colleges, closed
- Marymount College, Palos Verdes
- High schools, closed
- Queen of Angels Acad., Compton
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