Hānau ʻia ma Petra, Mallorca, Sepania, ua huakaʻi kēia Franciscan i ka hulihonua paʻakikī o ka Sierra Gorda de Querétaro e hoʻolaha i ka poʻe kamaʻāina o ia wahi a kūkulu i ʻelima mau mikiona nani.
ʻO ka mikionali o ke kauoha Franciscan, ʻo Fray Junípero Serra (1713-1784) i hōʻea i Sierra Gorda de Querétaro i ka hui o ʻeiwa mau pule hou, ma ka waena o ke kenekulia 18, kahi i hiki ʻole ai nā mikiona mua ma mua.
Ma muli o ke aloha a me ke ahonui, a me ka huaʻōlelo "noi no ka mea ʻole a hāʻawi i nā mea āpau", ua Kalikiano ʻo ia i kēlā poʻe ʻōiwi pākuʻi Y jonaces Kaulana no ko lākou ikaika. Hoʻokomo pū ʻo ia i loko o lākou i ke aloha i ka hana a me nā kumu i lawe ʻia mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ua aʻo ʻo ia iā lākou i nā noʻeau o ke kūkulu ʻana a me ke kamana.
No laila, ua kūkulu ka poʻe ʻōiwi i nā mea kupaianaha ʻelima ʻo ia nā misiona ʻo Jalpan, Landa, ʻO Tancoyol, Concá Y Tilaco. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu me kēia, ua hoʻomau ʻo Junípero i kāna huakaʻi huakaʻi, me ka wāwae mau, i ke High Cal Californiaias, e hoʻolaha ana i ka ʻelele a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mikionali, a hiki i ka pau ʻana o 21, a me 5 ma Querétaro a me 3 ma Nayarit
No kāna hana euanelio nui ma nā ʻāina hihiu a ʻimi ʻole ʻia o Nu Sepania, a me nā hana mana like ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Pope John Paul II iā ia ma ka lā 25 Kepakemapa 1988.
