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Nine missions were established in the vicinity of
Presidio in o683-84J by a group of Spaniards under the
leaderships of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza and TFather
Nicholas Lopez.
Six of- these missions were San Antonio de IoS
Puliauez, San Francisco d- los Julinres, 3-anta Maria la Redonda,
San Pedro Acantara, .1 Anostol Santiago, and San
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Father Joseph Haban fom.nded the 'resentParish in
1870 as ,ell/jmissions in Polvo, iedford, and Ruidosa. Tie
present building was erected by Father Fi'ranciscO L. Costa.
It .as raised to parish status in 1916.
Joe Rubio, "History of West Texas, Th E SOUTTHWST
CATHOLIC RPGISTER, Vll (May, 16, 96 2U.
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Jurado, Delia. Churches in the West Texas Vicinity, paper, December 7, 1970; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39399/m1/2/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Marfa Public Library.