Misión San Jose de Comondú
- Misión San Jose de Comondú
Mission San José de Comondú was one of the Jesuit missions established early in the eighteenth century in Baja California Sur, Mexico, west of Loreto on an arroyo flowing to the Pacific coast. "Comondú" was a place name of the native Cochimí, who were the objects of the missionaries' efforts. Over the course of its existence, the mission was twice relocated.
"Comondú Viejo" was established in 1709 by the missionary Julián de Mayorga. The location proved less than ideal as an agricultural settlement. A smallpox epidemic in 1710 killed half of the mission's neophytes. The mission was moved to its second site in 1736, and Comondú Viejo became a "visita" or subordinate mission station. The foundations of the chapel and portions of an irrigation system survive.
The new location for Comondú was located about 50 kilometers to the southwest, at what had previously been the "visita" of San Miguel. This location was reduced back to "visita" status in 1737, although many structural remnants of the mission survive.
The final location for the mission was about 3 kilometers upstream from San Miguel. First adobe structures and, after 1750, a large stone building were erected. However, the neophyte population declined from more than 300 in 1740 to 80 in 1768 and 28 in 1800. The mission ceased to function in 1827. Substantial architectural remnants survived into the twentieth century, but the existing buildings have been extensively renovated.
References
* Vernon, Edward W. 2002. "Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683-1855". Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California.
ee also
* Spanish missions in California
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