Mission San Xavier del Bac Pima Arizona United States
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The Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino founds the mission San Xavier del Bac in 1692 in the center of a centuries-old native settlement of the Tohono O'odham (formerly known as Papago), located along the banks of the Santa Cruz River.
Kino, founder of the Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert chain, often visits and preaches in the area.