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24-521: Roberto Balemino held a responsible position at Mission Santa Clara . In 1844 he was granted the half square league Rancho Los Coches and was issued a "Certificate of Emancipation", giving him full citizenship. Antonio Suñol obtained the Rancho Los Coches in 1847 from Roberto as payment on a debt. Antonio Suñol (1796-1865), born in Spain, was a seaman on a French merchant ship and arrived in

48-490: A Native American population of 1,271. In the same tabular report, its resident priest estimated that 10,000 cattle, 9,500 sheep, 730 horses, 35 mules, and 55 swine were on mission lands, while about 3,000 fanegas of grain (some 220 pounds (100 kg) each of wheat, barley or corn) had been harvested. After the Mexican secularization act of 1833 most of the mission's land and livestock was sold off by Mexico. The mission land

72-414: A recording. The bell tower has three bells; one was donated by King Carlos IV but subsequently destroyed in a fire. King Alphonso XIII donated a replacement bell, which is on display in the de Saisset Museum (in the mission). In 1861, a new wooden façade with two bell towers was attached over the old adobe front of the building. The interior was widened in 1885 to increase the seating capacity by removing

96-698: A reference to the Tamien people) at the Native American village of So-co-is-u-ka (meaning " Laurelwood ", located on the Guadalupe River ) on January 12, 1777. There the Franciscan brothers erected a cross and shelter for worship to bring Christianity to the Ohlone people. Floods, fires, and earthquakes damaged many of the early structures and forced relocation to higher ground. The second site

120-581: Is a Spanish mission in the city of Santa Clara, California . The mission, which was the eighth in California, was founded on January 12, 1777, by the Franciscans . Named for Saint Clare of Assisi , who founded the order of the Poor Clares and was an early companion of St. Francis of Assisi , this was the first California mission to be named in honor of a woman. It is the namesake of both

144-610: Is a historic Catholic church in Downtown San Jose that serves as the cathedral for the Diocese of San José in California , with the distinction of minor basilica . The basilica is named for Saint Joseph , patron saint of the Catholic Church and the namesake of San Jose, California . The original St. Joseph's Church was called San Jose de Guadalupe built on the site of the current basilica in 1803, and

168-591: Is known as Mission Santa Clara de Asís. A subsequent site of the mission dating from 1784 to 1819 is located several hundred yards west of the De La Cruz overpass of the Caltrain track; moreover, several Native American burial sites have been discovered near this subsequent site. The current site, home to the first college in Alta California , dates back to 1828. Initially, there was tension between

192-404: Is located in the university's De Saisset Museum . The original mission cemetery, still in use, is located on nearby Lincoln Street. Santa Clara Mission Cemetery , also known as Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery , was founded in 1777, alongside the mission by the same Franciscans. In 1851, when Santa Clara College was founded, the cemetery near the mission was running out of space, so they moved

216-430: Is the only mission to become part of a university, and it is also the oldest university in California. Throughout the history of the mission, the bells have rung faithfully every evening, a promise made to King Charles III of Spain when he sent the original bells to the mission in 1777. He asked that the bells be rung each evening at 8:30 in memory of those who had died, although the actual bells have since been replaced by

240-460: The first permanent Catholic Parish in California, founded in 1803. Rev. Nicholas Congiato , S.J. , Pastor, 22 April 1877 The Most Rev. R. Pierre DuMaine First Bishop of San Jose dedicated this Church restored and renovated as the new Cathedral of the Diocese of San Jose. Rev. P. Jeremiah Helfrich, S.J. Rector, 4 November 1990 The top of the walls of the inside of

264-623: The Bishop of the Californias , for proper religious vestments and relics for the church. The second church was severely damaged by the 1868 Hayward earthquake . Work on the third church began in 1869. The third church was destroyed by fire in 1875, and a temporary fourth church was built a few blocks away while the fifth and current church was being constructed. The fifth church was dedicated by Joseph Alemany , Archbishop of San Francisco , in 1877 while construction continued. The current portico

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288-534: The Pueblo of San José in 1818. He married María Dolores Bernal and held several public offices including Postmaster (1826-1829), and Alcalde (mayor) in 1841. He was a grantee of Rancho Valle de San Jose with his three brothers-in-law. Sunol, California is named for him. In 1849, Suñol divided Los Coches into thirds; one-third went to his eldest daughter, Paula and her husband Pierre Sainsevain , grantee of Rancho Cañada del Rincon en el Rio San Lorenzo , and one-third

312-525: The 60 years of mission operation under the Spanish and many of the native plants needed for Native American survival were gone, requiring a change from the former lifestyle for many Native Americans. Many Native Americans fled to the Central Valley of California, others stayed locally and worked for the new ranchos . There were a few small and short-lived Native American villages established around

336-670: The Bay Area by 1839; many of these villages could not support themselves, so they began raiding the nearby ranchos. In 1850, California became a state. With that change, priests of the Jesuit order took over the Mission Santa Clara de Asís in 1851 from the Franciscans. Father John Nobili , S.J., was put in charge of the mission. He began a college on the mission site in 1851, which grew into Santa Clara University ; it

360-454: The city and county of Santa Clara, as well as of Santa Clara University , which was built around the mission. This is the only mission located on the grounds of a university campus. Although ruined and rebuilt six times, the settlement was never abandoned, and today it functions as the university chapel for Santa Clara University. The outpost was originally established as La Misión Santa Clara de Thamien (or Mission Santa Clara de Thamien ,

384-546: The diocese. The cathedral was made a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1997. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph is listed as a California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Just inside the entrance to the cathedral are two plaques that read: The Most Rev. Joseph S. Alemany , O.P. First Archbishop of San Francisco dedicated Saint Joseph Church, fourth on this site, on land donated by Antonio Sunol for

408-475: The land at the northeast corner of the Plaza del Pueblo (modern Plaza de César Chávez ) for the construction of a new, larger adobe church. Suñol, alongside his brother-in-law Antonio María Pico (who served as Alcalde of San José at the time), oversaw the construction of the church for the next eight years until its completion and consecration in 1846. In 1842, Suñol petitioned Francisco García Diego y Moreno ,

432-522: The location a few minutes walk from the mission near the adobe home of Fernando Berryessa , son of Maria Zacharias Bernal y Berryessa. In the 1930s, this cemetery completed its first indoor mausoleum . In part due to the popularity of mausoleum burial, in 2015, they began building the St. Ignatius Outdoor Mausoleum Complex. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph (San Jose) The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph ( Spanish : Catedral Basílica de San José )

456-483: The original adobe nave walls. A fire in 1925 destroyed the structure, including the surrounding wall. The church's parochial functions were transferred to the Saint Clare Parish west of the campus. A rebuilt and restored Mission Santa Clara was consecrated in 1929, when it assumed its primary modern function as chapel and centerpiece of the university campus. It is open to visitors daily; the mission museum

480-481: The people of the mission and those in the nearby Pueblo de San Josè over disputed ownership rights of land and water. The tension was relieved when a road, the Alameda , was built by two hundred Native Americans to link the communities together. On Sundays, people from San Jose would come to the mission for services, until the building of St. Joseph's Church in 1803. In that year, the mission of Santa Clara reported

504-408: Was completed in 1884, and the large dome was finished in 1885. In 1981, a major renovation project was begun at the church, which was to become the cathedral for the new Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose . In 1985, the church was elevated to a cathedral, pending completion of the restoration in 1990. It replaced Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish , located a few blocks away, as the cathedral of

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528-928: Was sold to Henry Morris Naglee . With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Los Coches was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented to Antonio Suñol, Paula Sainsevain, and Henry Morris Naglee in 1857. 37°19′12″N 121°54′36″W  /  37.320°N 121.910°W  / 37.320; -121.910 Mission Santa Clara de As%C3%ADs Mission Santa Clara de Asís (Spanish: Misión Santa Clara de Asís )

552-474: Was subdivided, and the land sold to whoever could afford it which often meant it was sold to government officials and with half of the mission land going to Native Americans. Most of the buildings continued to be used as a parish church, unlike the other missions in California. By 1836, the mission Native Americans were "freed" by the Mexican government. The local land near the mission had drastically changed in

576-487: Was the first non- mission parish built in California for the benefit of Spanish settlers instead of the Mission Indians (Ohlone). The Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe was connected with Mission Santa Clara by The Alameda which was part of the historic El Camino Real . The original adobe structure was damaged by earthquakes in 1818 and 1822. In 1835, prominent Californio businessman Antonio Suñol donated

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