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Mission San Carlos Borromeo

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
The façade of the capilla (chapel) at
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is located in Monterey Peninsula
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Location in the Monterey Peninsula
Location 3080 Rio Rd.Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 93923
Coordinates 36°32′34″N 121°55′7″W / 36.54278°N 121.91861°W / 36.54278; -121.91861Coordinates: 36°32′34″N 121°55′7″W / 36.54278°N 121.91861°W / 36.54278; -121.91861
Name as founded La Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo
English translation The Mission of Saint Charles Borromeo of the Carmel River
Patron Saint Charles Borromeo
Nickname(s) "Father of the Alta California Missions"
Founding date June 3, 1770 
Founding priest(s) Father Presidente Junípero Serra
Founding Order Second
Headquarters of the Alta California Mission System 1771–1815; 1819–1824;
1827–1830
Military district Third
Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
Esselen, Ohlone
Costeño
Native place name(s) Ekheya
Baptisms 3,827
Marriages 1,032
Burials 2,837
Secularized 1834
Returned to the Church 1859
Governing body Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey
Current use Parish Church/Minor Basilica
Official name: Carmel Mission
Designated October 15, 1966
Reference no. 66000214
Designated October 9, 1960
Reference no.
  1. 135
Website
http://carmelmission.org

Mission San Carlos Borromeo del río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission or Mission Carmel, is a Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The mission was the headquarters of the Alta California missions headed by Saint Junípero Serra from 1770 until his death in 1784. It was also the seat of the second presidente, Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen.

The mission buildings and lands were secularized by the Mexican government in 1833, and had fallen into disrepair by the mid-19th century. They were partially restored beginning in 1884. In 1886 it was transferred from the Franciscans to the local diocese and has continued as a parish church since then. It is the only one of the California Missions to have its original bell tower dome.

Mission Carmel is the second mission built by Franciscan missionaries in Upper California. It was first established as Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey, California near the native village of Tamo on June 3, 1770. It was named for Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, Italy. It was the site of the first Christian confirmation in Alta California. When the mission moved, the original building continued to operate as the Royal Presidio chapel and later became the current Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo.


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