Fermín de Francisco Lasuén Fermín de Francisco Lasuén de Arasqueta (7 June – Mission de San Carlos (California), 26 June ) [1] was a Basque [2] Franciscan missionary to Alta California president of the Franciscan missions there, and founder of nine of the twenty-one Spanish missions in California.
Fermín Francisco de Lasuén This scholarly biography of the Franciscan Fermín Francisco Lasuén, pioneer missionary of both Californias () and successor of Junípero Serra as Father President of the Upper California missions (), is an important contribution to the history of Spam’s expansion along the Pacific.
Fermín Francisco de Lasuén was Roman Catholic missionary Fermín Francisco de Lasuén succeeded Junípero Serra as president of the Spanish missions in what is now California. He founded 9 of those 21 missions, all in the s and ’90s. Lasuén replaced the thatch-covered mission buildings with structures made of adobe and tile roofs.
Padre Fermín de Francisco Lasuén Fermín Francisco De Lasuén (b. 7 June ; d. 26 June ), Franciscan missionary in California. Born in Victoria, Spain, Lasuén arrived in New Spain in , posted first in Baja California and later in Alta California.
Lasuén was born in 1720 in While St. Junípero Serra is widely known as California’s greatest missionary, his successor, Padre Fermín de Lasuén, is largely unknown. Mission Santa Barbara, the 10th of California’s
Father Fermin Lasuén served for Father Fermin Lasuén served for eight years as head missionary at Mission San Diego () until he was selected to succeed Father Junípero Serra as Father Presidente of the Mission System.
Fermín Francisco De Lasuén
Padre Fermín de Francisco Lasuén de Arasqueta was born at Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 7th June, He joined the Franciscan order and was ordained in Lasuén volunteered to become a missionary and arrived in Mexico in and seven years later he was sent to Baja California. Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuén A Letter of Junípero Serra to the Reverend Father Preacher Fray Fermín Francisco de Lasuen: a Bicentennial Discovery. Translated and edited by the Reverend Francis J. er. (Boston: David R. Godine, ) 10 pages. $ Reviewed by Fr. Francis F. Guest, O.F.M., professor of Church history at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.