Junípero Serra y Ferrer was a Franciscan missionary priest, born on the island of Majorca, Spain in 1713. He founded one mission in Baja California, and the first nine of the 21 (Alta) California missions. He founded Mission San Buenaventura in 1782, his ninth and last.

Quick Info Name: Mission San Buenaventura Address: 210 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93001-2623 Pastor: Fr. Tom Elewaut, V.F. Office Manager: Claudia Tellez Phone: (805) 643-4318 Email: parishoffice@sanbuenaventuramission.org Description A currently active Roman Catholic parish with day-school, Mission San Buenaventura is one of the 21 Spanish Missions founded in California in the 18th and 19th… Read more »