Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana was founded on "The Feast of the Birth of Mary" September 8, 1797. The settlement is located on the former Encino Rancho in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, near the site of the first gold discovery in Alta California.
The location the selected was located along the principal highway leading to the Pueblo de Los Angeles but had been occupied by Francisco Reyes (then Los Angeles' mayor). However, after brief negotiations construction of the first buildings was soon underway (Mission records list Reyes as godfather to the first infant baptized at San Fernando).[2]
Location:
15151 San Fernando Mission Boulevard
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Phone:
818-361-0186
| Name as Founded | La Misión del Señor Fernando, Rey de España |
| English Translation | The Mission of Saint Ferdinand, King of Spain |
| Founding Date | September 8, 1797 |
| Founding Order | Seventeenth |