In order of founding:
Name, Founding Date, Founder, Location, Still Exists
18 + Missions, 35 +
Note: The below is work in progress. These are notes to help me plan the next Mission trip.
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- Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos, 1598. (Pecos National Historical Park, 26 miles northeast of Santa Fe, I-25) 1617-1620; Mission Nuestra Señora de Porclúncula
- Mission Nuestra Señora de la Asunción' Zia Pueblo, New Mexico, from Santa Fe, southwest toward Albuquerque on I-25 to US 550 northwest. 26 minutes from I-25. Mission Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zia. 1598.
- Mission Juan Bautista de los Caballeros. 1598. near the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in Northern New Mexico, specifically at the confluence of the Rio Grande and Rio Chama. 40 minutes north of Santa Fe on US 84.
- San Gabriel del Yunque-Ouinge and San Miguel. 1599. San Gabriel del Yunque-Ouinge was the first Spanish capital of New Mexico (1598 - 1610), located near modern-day Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. 25 miles north of Santa Fe along State Road 74.
- San José de los Jémez Mission and Giusewa Pueblo Site, 1600. 1621. a 7-acre National Historic Landmark in Jemez Springs, New Mexico, taking I-25 South toward Bernalillo and then NM-550 North to NM-4 West. , 1 hour, 15 min from Santa Fe.
- Mission Santo Domingo, original church destroyed by flood of Rio Grande. 1607.
- Nuestra Señora de Dolores y de San Antonio de Sandia. 1610. (Dolores: located in Manzano, NM; 7501 NM-55, Manzano, NM 87061
(505) 226-2786). The Mission of San Antonio de Sandia was a 17th-century Spanish colonial mission established in New Mexico to Christianize the local Pueblo population. Located on the Rio Grande, it was abandoned around 1677 due to drought, famine, and Apache raids before being reestablished in the 18th century, with its legacy continuing today at Sandia Pueblo. San Antonio was given its name on June 13, 1691, because that was the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua -- and the day that a Spanish expedition came to the river they called Rio San Antonio. But San Antonio was not founded until 1718, when its first mission and first presidio were established at San Pedro Springs. Nuestra Senora de los Dolores Church in Tecolote New Mexico
This small, historic church has played an important role as the center of the community.
Built in the 1840s, it closed in 1904.
the Spanish mission church at Sandia Pueblo, known as the Indian Church or Church of St. Anthony, still exists. Located near Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the west bank of the Rio Grande, it remains an active, historical site of worship within the Pueblo community.
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores in Manzano, New Mexico, is a historic Catholic church built in 1829, but it is not a traditional 17th or 18th-century Spanish colonial mission. While often associated with the nearby historic Salinas missions, it functions as a mission church (or chapel) of St. Alice Parish in Mountainair. there is a historic mission church located at the Pueblo of Sandia in New Mexico. Known as the Indian Church at Sandia, it was built by Spanish missionaries, and despite being deserted for a period during the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, it remained a focal point in the community. Location: The pueblo is located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, just north of Albuquerque,
- Mission Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Galisteo. 1610. Ruins. May not be accessable.
- San Miguel Mission Chapel, oldest still active church in U.S., 1610, rebuilt 1710 . Built early 17th century by Tlaxcalan Indians of Mexico. Santa Fe.
San Miguel Mission, acive 1915-1928, south wall from 1598. Mission San Miguel, , 1610, repaired in 1710 after Pueblo Revolt, San Miguel Mission Chapel is believed to be the oldest church still in use in the U.S. (visited)
- Mission San Miguel de Socorro, c1627, 1615-1626, 74 miles south of Albuquerque, originally Mission La Purisima Socorro, 1680-1682 by Piri, Tano, and Jemez people fleeing the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. (visited).
- Mission San Agustin de Islata, 1612. 1613 (visited)
- Mission San Francisco de Nambe. 1310. rebuilt in 1974. a historic, active Catholic mission church that was rebuilt in 1974. Situated 20 miles north of Santa Fe, it serves the Tewa-speaking community, Seems to be no ruins of original Mission
- San Jose Mission in Luis Lopez (Socorro County), 2335 NM-1, Cam Luis Lopez, Socorro, NM 87801
Phone: (575) 835-2891
The two priests, with the help of the Indians, built that same year a modest little church which they replaced with a larger building between the years 1615 and 1626, and which is the present church building
with its massive walls and huge carved vigas and supporting corbel-arches.
- San Acacia, NM mission. The San Jose Mission in San Acacia, New Mexico, is an abandoned post-WWII adobe church located north of Socorro, known for its unique north-facing entrance and history of being rebuilt due to flooding. It was removed from the list of active Socorro parish missions in 1957, having served as a community chapel. the remains of the San Jose Mission (or San Jose Church) exist in San Acacia, NM, though it is abandoned, overgrown, and in poor condition. It is described as a small adobe building, notable for its north-facing entrance rather than the traditional eastern orientation, and has been described as a "hidden" structure.
- San Geronimo de Taos, San Jerónimo de Taos, 1617. San Geronimo de Taos (San Jerónimo de Taos) refers to the patron saint, mission church, and historic pueblo community of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. there is no traditional street address for the church, which is accessible via the main Pueblo entrance.
- San Ildefonso Pueblo, San Ildefonso Mission. 1617. , originally built in 1711, later destroyed, Replacement is a facsimile of the original. San Ildefonso Pueblo, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a Tewa-speaking community occupied since 1300 A.D.. Renowned for its world-famous black-on-black pottery, the Pueblo is open to visitors daily (9 am - 4 pm) to experience its rich art, culture, and historic mission church.. Location: North of Santa Fe, nestled along the Rio Grande.. San Ildefonso Pueblo is south of Española, New Mexico, on NM 502. The pueblo can be visited daily from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Please call 505-455-3549 for further information.
- San Lorenzo de Picurís, c1620. Mission period and best San Lorenzo: Location: 856M634H+WC Google Maps; Address: Polvadera, New Mexico 87828;
- San Gregorio de Abo, 1622. 1629, established in 1640 byFray Francisco Acevedo. (part of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monuments.) (visited)
- Mission San Esteban del Ray de Acoma. 1623. , (need official tour), 1629, 60 miles west of Albuquerque on I-40. San Esteban del Rey de Acoma Mission Church. 1623. , founded 1629, completed 1641, Pueblo of Acoma, 25 miles southwest of Laguna, (Sky City), San Esteban del Rey, 1626, Church has been in continuous use since 1641 except the Pueblo Revolt in 1680-1692.
- Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Quarai,. 1626. overseen by Fray Juan Gutierrez de la Chica. 1626. 1627.1627-1632
Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepció Quaral (part of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monuments.)(visited)
- Santa Clara Mission Church. 1626. North of Santa Fe.
- San Luis Obispo de Sevillete. 1627. North of Socorro. it was frequently abandoned and burned during regional conflicts before 1680, with ruins persisting today. Mission San Luis Obispo de Sevilleta (Tzelaqui) was a 17th-century Spanish mission located at a Piro Pueblo on the east bank of the Rio Grande, approximately 20 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico, within the current Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. The site, featuring ruins of a church built around 1630, was abandoned by 1681, . Established around 1630 for the Piro Pueblo people, the mission was abandoned after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Today, there are no standing buildings, but it exists as an unexcavated archaeological site.
- San Jose (Giusewa) de Jemez Mission. built 1627, mission church is in ruins. Mission San José de los Jémez and Gíusewa Pueblo Site in Sandoval County, New Mexico, includes the remains of an early 17th-century mission complex and a Jémez Indian pueblo associated with both Native American and Spanish colonial history and an integral part of the heritage of the United States. Between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
- Mission La Purisima Concepci&oacote;n at Haikuh. 1628. On Zuni Reservation.
- Mission Nuestra Señ:ora de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalpe,1629. 1631,1629, Zuni. (visited)
- Gran Quivira ( Mission San Buenaventura de Humanas), 1629. 1626 (part of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monuments.), The Iglesia de San Isidro is the older of the two churches located at Gran Quivira. Constructed from local limestone between 1630 and 1635, this church is 109 feet long and 29 feet wide. Its design closely resembles that of the church at Abó. There is a walled cemetery, known as a campo santo, situated just to the east of the church.(visited)
- San Diego de Tesuque. 1620. 10 miles north of Santa Fe.
- San Buenaventura de Cochiti, completed. 1630. 1628,present day church remodeled 1960s. West of Santa Fe.
- San José, Mission at Leguna Pueblo, end of 17th century, 1699, (east and a little north of Grants, 45 or 78 miles west of Albuquerque on I-40) one of most interesting, last in early Mission period, Mission San José de Laguna, 1700. 1699, Laguna Pueblo, west central N. M. San José de la Laguna Mission Church and Convento Historic Site. The San José de la Laguna Mission and Convento, in Laguna, New Mexico, dates from 1699. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, with note that it "is one of the best preserved buildings of its type in the United States. Address: 1 Friar Rd, Laguna, NM 87026; Opened: 1699; Added to NRHP: January 29, 1973; Phone: (505) 552-9330; Hours: Open, Closes 5 PM; NRHP Reference Number: 73001155
- San Francisco de Asis Mission Church located in Ranchos de Taos. Mission San Francisco de Asis, in Ranchos de Taos, between 1815. 1772 and 1816.
- Mission Santa Ana, 1693. 1750, Santa Ana Pueblo Mission, completed 1750.
- San Felipe Mission, built on the site of an earlier church (1706). 1605. Present church completed in 1736 and one of the least altered. San Felipe de Neri, 1793 (or 1706) in Albuquerque,(visited).
- La Sagrada Familia Mission. early 1830s. in Lemitar (Socorro County) near Interstate 25 a little north of Socorro. Not Spanish.
- Mission Santo Domingo. The original chuch was destroyed by flood of Rio Grande, present church was rebuilt in 1895. Location: Santo Domingo Pueblo (now Kewa Pueblo), New Mexico.
- San Antonio Mission in Alamillo. 1928. (Socorro County).
- Below are churches, not Missions.
- Saint Mary Magdalene Mission in Magdalene (204 Elm St in Magdalena, New Mexico (87825), ; Socorro County, near US 60, east of state 169)
- Saint John the Baptist in Kelly (Socorro County) Address: Kelly Rd, Magdalena, NM 87825. Ghost town except church. West of Socorro.
- Santuario de Guadalupe, nation's oldest shrine dedicated to our Lady of Guadalupe (visited).
- El Santuario de Chimayo. site of pilgrimage by foot. El Address: 15 Santuario Dr, Chimayo, NM 87522; Opened: 1816Santuario de Chimayo. site of pilgrimage by foot.
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