Mission San Juan Bautista

Mission San Juan Bautista was California's Fifteenth

Mission San Juan Bautista
2nd and Mariposa Streets
San Juan Bautista CA

Founded June 24, 1797
by Father Fermin Lasuen
Named for St. John the Baptist

Interesting Facts about Mission San Juan Bautista

• Mission San Juan Bautista was the largest mission church in California
• Mission San Juan Bautista is located on the San Andreas Fault
• Mission San Juan Bautista has been in continuous use since 1812
• Mission San Juan Bautista was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

Mission San Juan Bautista Chronology

1797 - Mission San Juan Bautista founded
1800 - Earthquake
1803 - New church started
1805 - Indian population is 1,100
1808 - Father Cuesta arrives
1812 - New church completed
1812 - Father Tapis arrives
1823 - Population is 1,250
1835 - Secularization
1849 - California Gold Rush
1860 - California statehood
1863 - Missions returned to Catholic church

Getting to Mission San Juan Bautista

Mission San Juan Bautista is located east of US Highway 101 between San Jose and Salinas. Take Highway 156 east. At the first stoplight, turn left onto The Alameda. The Alameda changes names to Third Street at Franklin Street. Two blocks further, turn right onto Mariposa Street, then go one block to Second Street and turn left. Mission San Juan Bautista is on the right