Mission San Xavier Del Bac

Tucson, Arizona

Mission San Xavier del Bac was founded in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino and named for a pioneering Christian missionary, Francis Xavier.  In 1700 construction began on a church at a site nearby the current Mission.  It served the community until razed by Apaches in 1770.  Today's Mission was built between 1783 -1997 and is the oldest European structure in Arizona