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 Province
Mission Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (1637), in Misiones Province
Mission Nuestra Señora de Loreto (1610), in Misiones Province
Mission Santa María la Major (1626), in Misiones Province
Mission Candelaria
Mission Corpus
Mission San Carlos
Mission San José
Mission Martires
Mission San Javier
Mission Conception
Mission Apostoles
Mission Santo Tomé
Mission Yapeiu
Mission La Cruz
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (1615), in Córdoba
Mission San Francisco Javier
Mission Conception
Mission Santa Ana
Mission San Miguel
Mission San Rafael
Mission San José
Mission 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 Brazil
Mission Santo Ângelo (1706)
Mission São Francisco de Borja (1682)
Mission São Nicolau
Mission São Luiz Gonzaga
Mission 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, Peru
Mission San Pablo, later São Paulo de Olivença
Mission San Cristoval
Mission San Francisco Xavier
Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Amazonas)
Mission Traguatua
mission de aldea pequenas (27 small villages constituting one mission)
Spanish missions in the lower Amazon:
Mission San Pedro, later the Portuguese fort of Tabatinga
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves de Yurimaguas
Mission 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 observatory
Mission Santiago (1651)
Mission Itapua (present-day Encarnación)
Mission Jesus de Tavarangué (1685)
Mission La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná (1706), near present-day Encarnación
