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Fermín de Francisco Lasuén de Arasqueta (7 June 1736 – Mission de San Carlos (California), 26 June 1803) was 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.
Feb 18, 2021 · While St. Junípero Serra is widely known as California’s greatest missionary, his successor, Padre Fermín de Lasuén, is largely unknown.
Nov 1, 1973 · This scholarly biography of the Franciscan Fermín Francisco Lasuén, pioneer missionary of both Californias (1768-1785) and successor of Junípero Serra as Father President of the Upper California missions (1785-1803), is an important contribution to the history of Spam’s expansion along the Pacific.
- Ernest J. Burrus
- 1973
Fermín Francisco de Lasuén was a Spanish priest. He was a Roman Catholic missionary and an important figure in the history of California’s Spanish missions. Lasuén founded 9 of the 21 missions. After the death of Junípero Serra, Lasuén became the second president of the California missions. Lasuén was born in 1736 in Vitoria, Spain.
Fermín Francisco De Lasuén ( b. 7 June 1736; d. 26 June 1803), Franciscan missionary in California. Born in Victoria, Spain, Lasuén arrived in New Spain in 1759, posted first in Baja California and later in Alta California.
LASUÉN, FERMÍN FRANCISCO DE Franciscan missionary; b. Vitoria, Cantabria, Spain, June 7, 1736; d. Carmel, Calif., June 27, 1803. He was the son of Lorenzo and María Francisca (de Arasqueta) de Lasuén. He became a Franciscan (1751) and as a deacon volunteered for the missions of the New World.
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Lasuén y Arasqueta, Fermín Francisco de. Vitoria (Álava), 7.VII.1736 – San Carlos de Monterrey (México), 26.VII.1803. Franciscano (OFM), misionero en California, sucesor de fray Junípero Serra. Era hijo de Lorenzo de Lasuén Aspiunza y María Francisca de Arasqueta Murua.
