The Spanish missions in South America comprise a series of Jesuit Catholic religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives.
Mission San Ignacio Miní (1632), in Misiones ProvinceMission Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (1637), in Misiones ProvinceMission Nuestra Señora de Loreto (1610), in Misiones ProvinceMission Santa María la Major (1626), in Misiones ProvinceMission CandelariaMission CorpusMission San CarlosMission San JoséMission MartiresMission San JavierMission ConceptionMission ApostolesMission Santo ToméMission YapeiuMission La CruzJesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (1615), in CórdobaMission San Francisco JavierMission ConceptionMission Santa AnaMission San MiguelMission San RafaelMission San JoséMission Sao Joaquin (1747)Mission San Estanislao (1747)Mission Belen (1760)Missions in the Banda Oriental in southern Brazil. The Banda Oriental was finally divided by the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1777 between Spanish and Portuguese domains, the western portion becoming part of what is today state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the eastern portion becoming part of what is today Uruguay.
Mission São Miguel das Missões (São Miguel Arcanjo) (1687), the chief mission of the seven in southern BrazilMission Santo Ângelo (1706)Mission São Francisco de Borja (1682)Mission São NicolauMission São Luiz GonzagaMission São Lourenço Mártir (1690)Mission São João Batista (1697).(Note: The above are Portuguese translations of the original names)
There were also 7 Spanish Missions (out of 30 or so in Viceroyalty of Peru east of the Andes) constructed along tributaries in the Upper Solimoes area of what later became State of Amazonas, Brazil, between 1686 and 1689 by Jesuit Padre Samuel Fritz among the Omagua indigenous peoples. Some of these were moved upstream into Peru due to pressure from the Bandeirantes slave raiders; the rest were destroyed by Portuguese forces between 1700 and 1711.
Mission San Joaquin de los Omagua, later moved upstream into Loreto, PeruMission San Pablo, later São Paulo de OlivençaMission San CristovalMission San Francisco XavierMission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Amazonas)Mission Traguatuamission de aldea pequenas (27 small villages constituting one mission)Spanish missions in the lower Amazon:
Mission San Pedro, later the Portuguese fort of TabatingaNuestra Señora de las Nieves de YurimaguasMission San Ignacio Guazù (1609)Mission Santa Rosa de Lima (1698)Mission Santa Maria da Fé (1647)Mission San Cosme y Damian (1652), also an astronomic observatoryMission Santiago (1651)Mission Itapua (present-day Encarnación)Mission Jesus de Tavarangué (1685)Mission La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná (1706), near present-day Encarnación 
