Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores

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Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
Location 30 km north of Cucurpe, Sonora
English translation Mission of Our Lady of Sorrows
Founding date March 13, 1687
Founding priest(s) Father Eusebio Francisco Kino
Native tribe(s)
Spanish name(s)
Pima

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores is a former Mission church in Sonora, Mexico.

It was founded by Jesuit missionary Father Kino on March 13, 1687. The Mission church was built near the Pima settlement of Cosari, about 30 km north of Cucurpe, Sonora. The mission name means "Our Lady of Sorrows" and it was the mother mission of the Pimeria Alta.

By the late 1690s, the Mission consisted of a church, a carpentry shop and a blacksmith's area. By 1744, the Mission had been abandoned. Only the cemetery remains today.

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