- Spanish missions in Georgia
The Spanish missions in Georgia comprise a series of
religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread theChristian doctrine among the local Native Americans. The Spanish chapter of Georgia's earliest colonial history is dominated by the lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater SpanishFlorida .Missions
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Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Puturibato (1595-1597), onCumberland Island
*Mission San Buenaventura de Guadalquini (1605-1684), onSt. Simons Island
*Mission San Diego de Satuache (ca. 1610-1663), on the mouth of theOgeechee River
*Mission San Joseph de Sapala (ca. 1605-1684), onSapelo Island
*San Lorenzo de Ibihica (ca. 1620-1656), nearFolkston
*San Pedro de Mocama (1587-ca. 1660), onCumberland Island
*Mission San Phelipe de Alave (ca. 1610-ca. 1670), on the NorthNewport River
*Mission San Phelipe II (ca. 1670-1684), onCumberland Island
*Santa Catalina de Guale (1602-1702), onSt. Catherines Island ,Sapelo Island , andAmelia Island
*Mission Santa Clara de Tupiqui/Espogache (1595-ca. 1670), on theSapelo River
*Mission Santa Cruz de Cachipile (ca. 1625-1657), nearValdosta
*Santa Isabel de Utinahica (ca. 1610-ca. 1640), at the forks of theAltamaha River
*Mission Santa Maria de los Angeles de Arapaja (ca. 1625-1657), on theAlapaha River
*Mission Santiago de Oconi (ca. 1620-1656), on theOkefenokee Swamp
*Mission Santo Domingo de Asao/Talaje (1595-1661), at the mouth of theAltamaha River
*Mission Santo Domingo de Asao/Talaje II (1661-1684), onSt. Simons Island
*Mission Talapo (1595-1597), on the mainland nearSapelo Island
*Mission Tolomato (1595-1597), on the mainland nearSt. Catherines Island References
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-572 "The New Georgia Encyclopedia"]
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