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  2. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo - Wikipedia

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    Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo, or Misión de San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, first built in 1797, is one of the most authentically restored Catholic mission churches in California. Located at the mouth of Carmel Valley, California, it is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark.

  3. Mission San Fernando Rey de España - Wikipedia

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    Official website. Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California. Named for Saint Ferdinand, the mission is the ...

  4. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 August 2024. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...

  5. St. Charles Borromeo Church (North Hollywood) - Wikipedia

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    St. Charles Borromeo Church is a Catholic church and elementary school in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest parishes in the San Fernando Valley, dating back to 1921. It has long been a parish with celebrity members and was the site of funerals for Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, and Robert Urich, among other notables.

  6. Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Monterey, California)

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    1933 [2] The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Spanish: Catedral de San Carlos Borromeo), also known as the Royal Presidio Chapel, is a Catholic cathedral located in Monterey, California, United States. The cathedral is the oldest continuously operating parish and the oldest stone building in California. It was built in 1791-94 making it the ...

  7. Convento Building (Mission San Fernando) - Wikipedia

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    The building. The Convento is a large two-story building, measuring approximately 243 feet (74 m) long and 50 feet (15 m) wide. It has four-foot-thick adobe walls and was built in stages between approximately 1808 and 1822. [ 2] The long portico, sometimes referred to as the colonnade, in front of the building has 20 arches and is the most ...

  8. St. John's Seminary (California) - Wikipedia

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    The seminary's library. The entrance to St. John's Seminary. St. John's Seminary began teaching seminarians on September 12, 1939. [5] Juan Camarillo, Jr. donated 100 acres (40 ha) of land from his Rancho Calleguas on March 3, 1927 with the specific desire to have the land used for a seminary named for St. John the Evangelist. [5]

  9. The US’s largest Catholic parish is opening in California ...

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    August 15, 2022 at 1:38 PM. When the work is completed on the new $21 million St. Charles Borromeo Church in Visalia later this year, the historic building will be the largest Catholic parish ...