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The Mission San Francisco de Asís (Spanish: Misión San Francisco de Asís), also known as Mission Dolores, is a historic church complex in San Francisco, California. Operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, the complex was founded in the 18th century by Spanish Catholic missionaries. The mission contains two historic buildings:
The Mission Dolores adobe chapel, constructed in 1776. It is the oldest structure in San Francisco.
The Mission Dolores Basilica, constructed in 1918. It was designated a basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1952.Located in the Mission District, the mission complex was founded on October 9, 1776, by Reverend Francisco Palóu and Reverend Pedro Benito Cambón. The Franciscan order sent the two priests to the Spanish Province of Alta California to bring in Spanish settlers and evangelize the indigenous Ohlone people. The Mission Dolores Basilica replaced a brick church built in 1876 that was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.