Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores is a former Mission church in Sonora, Mexico.

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
Location30 km north of Cucurpe, Sonora
English translationMission of Our Lady of Sorrows
Founding dateMarch 13, 1687
Founding priest(s)Father Eusebio Francisco Kino
Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
Pima

It was founded by Jesuit missionary Father Kino on March 13, 1687. The Mission church was built near the Pima settlement of Cosari, about 30 km north of Cucurpe, Sonora. The mission name means "Our Lady of Sorrows" and it was the mother mission of the Pimeria Alta.

By the late 1690s, the Mission consisted of a church, a water-powered mill, a carpentry shop, a blacksmith's area, orchards, vineyards, and a winery. By 1744, the Mission had been abandoned. Only a cemetery in the fallen nave of Kino’s mission remains today.

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