Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Mission San Francisco de la Espada is a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 by Spain and relocated in 1731 to present-day San Antonio, Texas, in what was then known as northern New Spain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: building in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
- Also known as: “41BX4”, “Mission Espada”, “Mission Saint Francis of the Sword”, “Mission San Francisco de los Tejas”, “Missione Espada”, “San Francisco de la Espada”, and “San Francisco de los Tejas”
- Address: 10040 Espada Road, San Antonio, TX 78214
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Stinson Municipal Airport and Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Stinson Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.Mission San Juan Capistrano
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brooks City-Base and Losoya.
Brooks City-Base
Neighborhood
Brooks is a mixed-use development that was founded… Brooks City-Base is situated 2 miles north of Mission San Francisco de la Espada.
Losoya
Hamlet
Losoya is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, Texas, United States. Losoya is situated 6 miles south of Mission San Francisco de la Espada.
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
- Categories: mission station, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bexar, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.3182° or 29° 19′ 6″ north
Longitude
-98.45118° or 98° 27′ 4″ west
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
Open location code
76X38G9X+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Mission San Francisco de la Espada” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “劍之聖弗朗西斯科傳教站”
- Dutch: “Mission San Francisco de la Espada”
- French: “mission San Francisco de la Espada”
- French: “Mission San Francisco de la Espada”
- Italian: “Missione San Francisco de la Espada”
- Persian: “میسیون اسپادا”
- Portuguese: “Missão San Francisco de la Espada”
- Spanish: “Misión de San Francisco de la Espada”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bergs Mill and Brooks.
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