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Father Fermin Lasuen, second Father-Presidente of the Alta California Mission Chain, founded the Mission Santa Cruz on August 28th, 1777. It was the 12th of California’s 21 missions, and it was doomed from its creation.
Father Fermin, scheduled to dedicate the mission, could not attend the founding mass. The padres instead attended the event from Mission Santa Clara...