''La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles'' (
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: "The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels") is a historic
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El Pueblo de los Ángeles Historical Monument
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in northern
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. The church was founded by the
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in the early 19th century when modern-day California was under
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rule and known as
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in the
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History
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles ("The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels") was founded on August 18, 1814, by Franciscan Fray Luis Gil y Taboada. He placed the
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for the new church in the adobe ruins of the original "sub-station mission" here, the ''
Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles Asistencia
Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles Asistencia was founded in early 1784 in the burgeoning ''Pueblo de Los Ángeles'' adjacent to the village of Yaanga as an asistencia or "sub-mission" to the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The assis ...
'' (founded 1784), thirty years after it was established to serve the settlement founding ''
Los Angeles Pobladores
Los pobladores del pueblo de los Ángeles (English: ''The townspeople of Los Angeles'') refers to the 44 original settlers and 4 soldiers from New Spain (Mexico) who founded the Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles in 1781, which is ...
'' (original settlers). The completed new structure was dedicated on December 8, 1822.
[Ruscin, p. 49.] A replacement chapel, named ''La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles'' – for
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or "The Church of Our Lady of the Angels" – was rebuilt using materials of the original church in 1861. The title ''Reina'', meaning "Queen," was added later to the name.
[Ruscin, p. 50.] For years, the little chapel, which collected the nicknames "''La Placita''" and "Plaza Church," served as the sole Roman Catholic church in Los Angeles.
20th century
The facility has operated under the auspices of the
Claretian Missionary Fathers since 1908.
The building was designated as one of the first three
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in 1962.
It has also been designated as a
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21st century
The church is a part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and serves as a neighborhood parish church, as well as a cultural landmark. Since the 1960s it has been retrofitted against earthquakes. Masses are said in Spanish and English.
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Marker NO. 144 at the site reads:
californiahistoricallandmarks.com 144, Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles
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*''NO. 144 NUESTRA SEÑORA LA REINA DE LOS ANGELES - La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles-the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels-was dedicated on December 8, 1822 during California's Mexican era. Originally known as La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles, the church was the only Catholic church for the pueblo. Today it primarily serves the Hispanic population of Los Angeles.''
Gallery
Image:LaPlacitaChurchFromSpringStreet2.JPG, The Spring Street entrance of Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles (Our Lady Queen of Angels/La Placita Church—the main church, not the chapel) located in Downtown Los Angeles on September 15, 2011.
Image:La Placita Church, Los Angeles California.jpg, La Placita Church in the Old Plaza in Los Angeles, CA circa 1880.
Image:LosAngeles-Plaza-1869.jpg, The "Old Plaza Church" facing the Plaza, 1869. The brick reservoir in the middle of the Plaza was the original terminus of the ''Zanja Madre
The ''Zanja Madre'' (, "Mother Trench") is the original aqueduct that brought water to the Pueblo de Los Angeles from the Río Porciúncula (Los Angeles River). The original open, earthen ditch, or ''zanja'' was completed by community laborers ...
''.
File:MNSR de LA entryway 027.jpg, ''Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles'' in early 2007. The structure bore the name ''Mission Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles'' for many years.
File:Façade Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles 2007.jpg, The façade
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of ''Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles'' in 2007.
File:La Placita Parish 2007.jpg, The entrance of Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles (La Placita Church)''Chapel'' located at 535 North Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles on July 20, 2007.
File:Altar Our Lady Queen of Angels, Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California (68396).jpg, Postcard showing interior circa 1940s
File:Altar at Plazita Church..jpg, Altar in 2014. Current configuration.
File:Left side altar at La Plazita Church .jpg, Left side altar. Our Lady of Guadalupe image.
See also
*List of Spanish missions in California
Franciscan priests established 21 missions between 1769 and 1833 in Alta California, accompanied by military outposts. Their goal was to spread Christianity among the local Native Americans, as well as to affirm Spanish, and later Mexican, cl ...
*Los Angeles Plaza Historic District
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*Olvera Street
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*History of Los Angeles, California
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* USNS ''Mission Los Angeles'' (AO-117) — a Mission Buenaventura class fleet oiler
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built during World War II
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*Porziuncola
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References
External links
Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles — photo gallery
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— ''City of Los Angeles''
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