Saint Junípero Serra/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Junípero Serra are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 7 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Mission San Diego de Alcalá – first Alta California mission (Mission founding) [Public] Shrine – 10818 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, CA 92108, San Diego, California, United States
  • Year: 1769
  • Diocese: Diocese of San Diego
  • First mission of Alta California under Serra’s program (16 Jul 1769). Southern California tour anchor distinct from the Carmel burial campus.
  • Sources: https://www.missionsandiego.org/

• Mission San Juan Capistrano – Serra Chapel (Mission founding) [Public] Shrine – 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675, San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
  • Year: 1776
  • Diocese: Diocese of Orange
  • Seventh Alta California mission, permanently founded by Serra (1 Nov 1776). Serra Chapel is widely noted as a remaining mission church in which he celebrated Mass — major Orange County / Southern California pilgrimage day with museum grounds.
  • Sources: https://www.missionsjc.com/history/; https://www.missionsjc.com/

• Carmel Mission Basilica (San Carlos Borromeo) – burial & headquarters (Mission leadership & death) [Public] Shrine – 3080 Rio Road, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93923, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
  • Year: 1784
  • Diocese: Diocese of Monterey
  • Serra’s burial place (sanctuary floor) and personal headquarters for the Alta California mission system. Basilica, museum, and grounds provide tour depth beyond a single notable line — primary Central Coast pilgrimage stop.
  • Sources: https://carmelmission.org/; https://carmelmission.org/must-see-features/

• Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó (Baja California Sur) – peninsular mission roots (Baja California mission years) [Public] Shrine – Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  • Year: 1767
  • Diocese: Diocese of La Paz
  • Loreto mission landscape of the peninsular chain Serra served before Alta California. Public Baja pilgrimage pin linking Mexican and Californian Serra trails.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misi%C3%B3n_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Loreto_Conch%C3%B3; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra

• Mission San Antonio de Padua (Jolon valley) (Mission founding) [Public] Shrine – 1 Mission Creek Road / Mission San Antonio, Jolon, CA 93928, Jolon, California, United States
  • Year: 1771
  • Diocese: Diocese of Monterey
  • Third mission, founded 1771 in a remote valley chosen for farming — classic Serra-era interior landscape between Monterey and San Luis Obispo. Public mission museum/grounds; confirm seasonal hours before the drive from Carmel or Paso Robles.
  • Sources: https://californiamissionsfoundation.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua

• Mission San Gabriel Arcángel (Mission founding) [Public] Shrine – 428 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776, San Gabriel, California, United States
  • Year: 1771
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles
  • Fourth mission (1771), fortress-style church and LA-basin anchor of the Serra program. Public museum and grounds for Greater Los Angeles visitors pairing Capistrano or San Diego.
  • Sources: https://www.sangabrielmissionchurch.org/; https://californiamissionsfoundation.org/

• Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) (Mission network) [Public] Church – 3321 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, San Francisco, California, United States
  • Year: 1776
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of San Francisco
  • Urban Bay Area mission stop from the Serra-era network (founded 1776). Oldest intact building in San Francisco and a walkable city itinerary without listing every mission.
  • Sources: https://www.missiondolores.org/