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The mission church at San Xavier del Bac was completed around the time that the Spanish Empire in North America weakened. Construction began in 1783 under the supervision of Father Juan Bautista Velderrain, a Franciscan. A loan of 7,000 pesos provided the funds to build the mission. In 1821, Mexico became a Republic after a lengthy revolution, and the new government demanded allegiance from the Franciscan priests. In 1828, San Xavier del Bac’s resident priest, Father Rafael Diaz, refused to align himself with what he believed was an anticlerical regime and left his church. Unlike many other historic Spanish missions from the era, the architecture of the church at San Xavier del Bac Mission is entirely European. It has no Piman...
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