Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas)

Mission San Juan Capistrano
La Misión de San Juan Capistrano
The church of Mission San Juan Capistrano and its integral campanario
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Location
Location	San Antonio, Texas  USA
Shown within Texas
Geographic coordinates	29°19′58″N 98°27′19″W / 29.332687°N 98.455289°W / 29.332687; -98.455289
Architecture
Style	Spanish Colonial
Completed	Founded 1731
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: (ii)
Designated	2015 (39th session)
Parent listing	San Antonio Missions
Reference no.	1466-002
State Party	United States
Region	Europe and North America
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	February 23, 1972
Reference no.	72001352

Mission San Juan Capistrano (originally christened in 1716 as La Misión San José de los Nazonis and located in South Central Texas) was founded in 1731 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order, on the eastern banks of the San Antonio River in present-day San Antonio, Texas. The new settlement (part of a chain of Spanish missions) was named for a 15th-century theologian and warrior priest who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The mission San Juan was named after Saint John of Capestrano.