RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Junípero Serra

1713 - 1784

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Saint Junípero Serra Ferrer (; Spanish: [xuˈnipeɾo ˈsera]; November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784), popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He founded a mission in Baja California and established eight of the 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California in the Province of Las Californias of New Spain. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 25 September 1988 in Vatican City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Junípero Serra is the 1,094th most popular religious figure (up from 1,267th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Spain (up from 622nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Junípero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who founded nine of the 21 Spanish missions in California. He is most famous for his missionary work in California.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Junípero Serra ranks 1,094 out of 3,187. Before him are Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Franc Rode, Paolo Giovio, Eugène Tisserant, and Al-Bayhaqi. After him are Heinrich Bullinger, Abu Darda, Piruz Nahavandi, Josip Bozanić, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam, and Eustathius of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Junípero Serra ranks 8. Before him are Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Alexis Clairaut, Laurence Sterne, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. After him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and John Needham. Among people deceased in 1784, Junípero Serra ranks 7. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Phillis Wheatley, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, and Giovanni Battista Martini. After him are Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, and Abraham Trembley.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Junípero Serra ranks 448 out of 3,355. Before him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Manuel Santana (1938), Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873), María Casares (1922), and Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944). After him are Alfonso IV of León (890), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Serena (365), and Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Junípero Serra ranks 37. Before him are Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Priscillian (340), Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Peter of Alcantara (1499), and Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944). After him are Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Peter Claver (1581), Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Diego de Landa (1524), and Raymond Nonnatus (1204).

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