Mission La Purísima, was founded west of Loreto in
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...
, by the
Jesuit
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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 been moved to a new location at the
Cochimí ranchería known as Cadegomó, meaning "arroyo of the carrizos", about 30 kilometers south of the original site. The mission was dedicated to the
Immaculate Conception
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.
The mission was abandoned in 1822.
In the early twentieth century, the church was still in use, but by the start of the following century only a few traces of structures remained.
See also
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List of Jesuit sites
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Nearly all these sites have be ...
References
* Vernon, Edward W. 2002. ''Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California''. Viejos Press, Santa Barbara, California.
Purisima Concepcion de Cadegomo
Loreto Municipality (Baja California Sur)
1720 establishments in New Spain
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