Spanish missions in New Mexico

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Spanish missions in New Mexico were a network of 17th- and 18th-century Catholic religious and colonial outposts established by the Spanish to convert and control Indigenous peoples in the region that is now the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic missions
Spanish colonial missions
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México
architecturalStyle Puebloan-influenced mission architecture
Spanish Colonial architecture
authority Council of the Indies
Franciscan provincial leadership in New Spain
conflictWith Apache groups
Navajo groups
Pueblo peoples
country Viceroyalty of New Spain
culturalImpact introduction of European crops and livestock to the region
long-term transformation of Indigenous settlement patterns
syncretic blending of Catholic and Pueblo religious practices
effectOf Spanish reconquest of New Mexico
endCause secularization policies in the 18th and 19th centuries
hasPart Cochiti Mission
linked to: San Felipe Mission

San Esteban del Rey Mission
San Felipe Mission
San Ildefonso Mission
San José de la Laguna Mission
San Juan Bautista de Ohkay Owingeh Mission
San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe
linked to: San Miguel Chapel

San Miguel Mission
Santa Clara Mission
Santo Domingo (Kewa) Mission
heritageStatus many sites listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
some sites designated as National Historic Landmarks
influenced Pueblo Revolt resistance
legacy ruins preserved as archaeological and historic sites
surviving mission churches used as parish churches
locatedIn New Mexico
Northern New Spain
linked to: northern New Spain
mainPurpose Christianization of Indigenous peoples
consolidation of Spanish colonial control
cultural assimilation of Indigenous communities
partOf Spanish missions in the Americas
Spanish missions in the Southwest
patron Catholic Church
Spanish Crown
linked to: Crown of Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Oñate expedition of 1598
Pueblo Revolt of 1680
startTime 1598
targetedGroup Apache peoples
linked to: Apache tribes

Navajo peoples
linked to: Navajo people

Pueblo peoples
Ute peoples
linked to: Ute people
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
usedBy Franciscan Order
usedFor Spanish language instruction
agricultural production
cattle and sheep ranching
forced labor systems
imposition of European social norms
religious instruction

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La Parroquia (earlier parish church) associatedWith Catholic Church in New Mexico
linked to: Spanish missions in New Mexico
Quarai category Spanish missions in New Mexico
Abó category Spanish missions in New Mexico
Spanish missions in New Mexico partOf Spanish missions in the Southwest
linked to: Spanish missions in New Mexico
Spanish colonial period hasPart Spanish missions in New Mexico