La Purísima Concepción may refer to one of several
Spanish missions, including the following:
Places
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Mission La Purísima Concepción
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to:
Geography Australia
*Mission River (Queensland)
Canada
*Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality
*Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* O ...
in Lompoc, California
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Rancho La Purísima Concepción
Rancho La Purísima Concepción was a Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1840 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Gorgonio and his son José Ramon, Ohlone Native Americans. The granted extended from Matader ...
in Los Altos Hills, California
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Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción
Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción was founded near what is now Yuma, Arizona, United States, on the California side of the Colorado River, in October 1780, by the Franciscan missionary Francisco Garcés. The settlement was not part of the C ...
near Yuma, Arizona
* Misión de la Purísima Concepción de Aquico in
Hawikuh Ruins
Hawikuh (also spelled ''Hawikku'', meaning "gum leaves" in ZuniLanmon, Dwight P. and Harlow, Francis, "A brief history of the Ashiwi (Zuni) pueblos", in ''The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo'', 2008, Museum of New Mexico Press. ), was one of the largest o ...
, New Mexico
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Mission Concepcion
Franciscan Friars established Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña (also Mission Concepción) in 1711 as Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais in East Texas. The mission was by the Domingo Ramón- ...
in San Antonio, Texas
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Purísima Concepción, Las Marías, Puerto Rico
Purísima Concepción is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 87.
History
Purísima Concepción was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–Amer ...
, a barrio
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Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó
Mission La Purísima, was founded west of Loreto in Baja California Sur, by the Jesuit missionary Nicolás Tamaral in 1720 and financed by the Marqués de Villapuente de la Peña and his wife the Marquesa de las Torres de Rada.
By 1735 it had b ...
in Baja California Sur
Other uses
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Spanish ship ''Purísima Concepción'' (1779), A Spanish ship of the line
See also
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Concepción (disambiguation)
Concepción (Spanish for ''conception'') refers to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Concepción or Concepcion may also refer to:
Geography Argentina
*Concepción, Catamarca, a villag ...
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Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
The Immaculate Conception is the conception of the Virgin Mary free from original sin by virtue of the merits of her son Jesus.
Immaculate Conception may also refer to:
* Feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrates the belief in the Immaculate ...
, the English term
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La Purísima (disambiguation) Places in Mexico called La Purísima:
* La Purísima, Durango (Tepehuanes Municipality)
* La Purísima, Guanajuato ( Tarandacuao Municipality)
* La Purísima, Jalisco
See also
*La Purísima Concepción (disambiguation)
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