Mission Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera

Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera was a Spanish mission in the Sonoran desert.

History

Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino founded Cocóspera in 1689.[1] It was initially a visita of Mission San José de Imuris, and at various times served as an independent mission or as a visita of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores or Mission Santa María Suamca.[2]

Churches at Cocóspera were burnt by Apaches in 1698, 1746, and 1776, and repeatedly rebuilt by the missionaries. Due to ongoing Apache raids, the mission was eventually abandoned in 1845.[2]

John Ross Browne sketched the mission in 1864.[3]

Missionaries

Missionaries stationed at Cocóspera included:[2]

  • Pedro Sandoval (1691–?)
  • Juan Bautista Barli (1693–1694)
  • Fernando Bayerca (1694–?)
  • Pedro Ruiz de Contreras (1697–1698)
  • Francisco Hlawa (1757–?)
  • Francisco Roche (1768–?)
  • Francisco Cobas (1798–?)
  • Rafael Díaz (1831–1836)

References

  1. ^ Sheridan, Thomas E. (1999). Empire of Sand: The Seri Indians and the Struggle for Spanish Sonora, 1645-1803. University of Arizona Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8165-1858-6. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Roca, Paul M. (1967). Paths of the Padres Through Sonora: An Illustrated History & Guide to Its Spanish Churches. Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. pp. 84–87. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ Pickens, Buford L. (5 April 2022). The Missions of Northern Sonora: A 1935 Field Documentation. University of Arizona Press. pp. 42–62. ISBN 978-0-8165-4770-8. Retrieved 16 December 2024.