Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó

The Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó was a Catholic visita located at the Cochimí settlement of Londó in what is now Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The visita was founded by Jesuit missionaries Juan María Salvatierra and Francisco María Piccolo in 1699 as an extension of Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó.

Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó
Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó is located in Baja California Sur
Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó
Location in Baja California
Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó is located in Mexico
Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó
Location in Mexico
LocationLoreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Coordinates26°13′31″N 111°28′25″W / 26.22528°N 111.47361°W / 26.22528; -111.47361 (Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó)
Name as foundedVisita de San Juan Bautista Londó
PatronJohn the Baptist
Founding date1699 (1699)
Founding priest(s)Juan María Salvatierra and Francisco María Piccolo
Founding OrderJesuits
Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
Cochimí

History

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Location of Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó among the Spanish missions in Baja California

The visita was located about 30 km (19 mi) north of Loreto and 13 kilometers west of the Gulf of California coastline, west of the abortive mission site of San Bruno that had been occupied in 1684–1685 by Isidro de Atondo y Antillón and Eusebio Francisco Kino.

The first permanent stone structures at Londó were first constructed in 1705.

By 1750, the Cochimí population of the visita had been relocated to Misión San José de Comondú. Ruins now attest to the former presence of the visita.

See also

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References

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  • Vernon, Edward W. 2002. Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683–1855. Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California.