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The Circular Mission (Spanish: ''Misión circular'') was a system of missions established by the
The Circular Mission (Spanish: ''Misión circular'') was a system of missions established by the Society of Jesus
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in Chiloé Archipelago
The Chiloé Archipelago ( es, Archipiélago de Chiloé, , ) is a group of islands lying off the coast of Chile, in the Los Lagos Region. It is separated from mainland Chile by the Chacao Channel in the north, the Sea of Chiloé in the east and t ...
. It began as an experimental mission in 1608 when various places populated by Huilliche
The Huilliche , Huiliche or Huilliche-Mapuche are the southern partiality of the Mapuche macroethnic group of Chile. Located in the Zona Sur, they inhabit both Futahuillimapu ("great land of the south") and, as the Cunco subgroup, the north hal ...
s and Spaniards
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in the archipelago were visited in a series of voyages during spring and summer. At each stop the Jesuits usually preached for three days before continuing the journey to the next stop. In 1617 the mission was formalized as permanent but continued to be carried out as a series of visits to populated places returning every year to the same locations. During winter the Jesuit missionaries stayed in Castro
Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''.
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. The Jesuits are reported to have established 77 chapel
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s by 1755.
See also
*Cristóbal Talcapillán
Cristóbal Talcapillán (born 1649), also known as Don Cristóbal,de Vea 1886, p. 574 was a Chono man who became known for his role in ushering the expeditions of Bartolomé Gallardo (1674–1675) and Antonio de Vea (1675–1676) into the archi ...
*Huilliche uprising of 1712
The Huilliche uprising of 1712 ( es, Rebelión huilliche de 1712) was an indigenous uprising against the Spanish ''encomenderos'' of the Chiloé Archipelago, which was then a part of the Captaincy General of Chile. The rebellion took place in the ...
*Mission of Nahuel Huapi
The Mission of Nahuel Huapi was an intermittent Jesuit mission that existed in colonial times on the shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake, northern Patagonia. The exact locations of the missions are not known but it has been suggested, based on a Christian ...
* Mission of Río Bueno
References
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