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Fermín Lasuén

Basque Franciscan missionary to Alta California

b. 1736 CE – d. 1803 CE World The Far West

Fermín de Francisco Lasuén de Arasqueta (Vitoria (Spain), June 7, 1736 – Mission de San Carlos (California), June 26, 1803) ias a Basque Franciscan missionary to Alta California, president of the Franciscan missions there, and founder of nine of the twenty-one Spanish missions in California.

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Moran, J. (2017). Fermín Lasuén. History Atlas. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/fermin-lasuen/

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