Jesuit and Franciscan missions in the Western Amazon
This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as reFill (documentation) and Citation bot (documentation).(August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Remains of the 17th century colonial church of San Joaquín de Omaguas in Loreto.The Mainas region was mostly in Peru, but extended into Ecuador, Brazil, and Colombia.
Part of a series on
Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church
Missions in North America
Arizona
Baja California
California
The Carolinas
Chihuahua
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mexico
New Mexico
Querétaro
Sonoran Desert
Texas
Trinidad
Virginia
Missions in South America
Chiloé
Chiquitos
Córdoba
Itapúa
Moxos
Nahuel Huapi
Mainas
Eastern Missions
Río Bueno
Related topics
Cargo system
Mission Indians
Reductions
Andes
Jesuit
Catholicism portal
v
t
e
The Mainas (or Maynas) missions refers to a large number of small missions the Jesuits established in the western Amazon region of South America from 1638 until 1767, when the Jesuits were expelled from Latin America.[1][2] Following the Jesuit expulsion, mission activity continued under Franciscan auspices.[3]
Roughly 60 missions were founded in total.[4] Scholar Anne Christine Taylor notes that, '[o]f all the western Amazonian mission establishments, that of the Jesuits of Mainas was by far the most important'.[5] She estimates that, prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the many ethnic groups (called Indians or Indios) in the mission field had a population of approximately 200,000. The population declined rapidly and many of the indigenous people resisted Christianity or had little contact with the Christian missionaries.[6] Throughout their existence, the Jesuit mission settlements, known as reductions, were marked by epidemic disease (often smallpox) that exacted a tremendous death toll on the indigenous people resident in them. Slave raids also took a toll on the population and many of the indigenous people avoided or escaped missions.[6]
'Maynas' or 'Mainas' refers to the Maina people, indigenous to the area around the Marañón River.[7] The area in which the missions were established includes the 21st century area of Maynas Province, Peru, and adjacent areas of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil. The Jivaro, Kokama, Cambeba, Secoya, and Yame were among the other indigenous peoples the missionaries sought to convert.[8]
^Livi-Bacci 2016, p. 426–27.
^Reeve 1993, p. 118.
^Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
The Mainas (or Maynas) missions refers to a large number of small missions the Jesuits established in the western Amazon region of South America from 1638...
these reports were written in context of Jesuit missions in South America, specially the Mainasmissions, in Latin and sent only to Rome, so their audience...
Gaspar Cugia and Lucas de la Cueva from Quito began establishing the Mainasmissions in territories on the banks of the Marañón River, around the Pongo...
Tavarangue Jesuit Missions of Moxos Mission of Nahuel Huapi Mission of Río Bueno Jesuit missions among the Guaraní Mainasmissions Misiones Orientales...
the northeastern Peruvian Amazon. Historically associated with the Mainasmissions, the culturally diverse town is affectionately known as the "Pearl...
of the Mainasmissions with the Curato de Borja as a stopover, where they arrived on February 6, 1638. The Jesuits of Quito began the missions in the...
The Spanish missions in the Americas were Catholic missions established by the Spanish Empire during the 16th to 19th centuries in the period of the Spanish...
Cueva began establishing missions in Mainas (or Maynas). These missions are now known as the Mainasmissions after the Maina people, many of whom lived...
The Spanish missions in California (Spanish: Misiones españolas en California) formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between...
Jesuit Asia missions Jesuit Reductions List of the oldest churches in Mexico Reductions Supply of Franciscan missions in New Mexico "Mission Churches of...
assumed control of the Californian missions from the Franciscans, but abuse persisted. Mexico secularized the missions and transferred (or sold) the lands...
radically different lives. Jesuit missions among the Guaraní Mainasmissions Moravian Indians Praying Indians Mission Indians Catholic Church and the Age...
Spanish Missions in neighboring regions: Spanish missions in Florida Spanish missions in Georgia Spanish missions in Texas On general missionary history: Catholic...
Spanish missions extended north almost to the site of present-day Charleston, and they remained until the arrival of the English (1670). Mission Santa Elena...
pushed into Guale Province, and some of them joined the Spanish missions. Missions in Spanish Florida were initially organized around the existing native...
missions were maintained for different lengths of time within the future boundaries of the state of Texas. Since 1493, Spain had maintained missions throughout...
two young daughters. Since immigrating, the Mainas have become New Zealand citizens. In March 2019, Maina was elected the 11th bishop of Nelson, a historically...
of all the Florida mission districts. Following shortly after the success of the Mocama missions, the Spanish established missions among the Agua Fresca...
the Guianas. In 1713 the missions were handed over to the secular clergy. Due to shortages of missionaries, although the missions were established they often...
Mission San José de Chiquitos Mission Santiago de Chiquitos Mission San Juan Bautista Mission Santo Corazón Mission San Ignacio de Zamucos Missions in...
a mission in its own right. On Spanish Missions in neighboring regions: Spanish missions in Arizona (including northern Arizona) Spanish missions in...
twenty[quantify] missions in eight mission districts. In Arizona, unlike Mexico, missionization proceeded slowly. Father Kino founded missions San Xavier and...
The missions also aimed to pacify resistance to the European invasion of the tribes' Pre-Columbian homelands and loss of traditions. The missions introduced...
Dr. Maina Talia is a Tuvaluan politician and is known for his work as a climate activist. Talia trained in theology and was employed by the Ekalesia Kelisiano...
Global Information
Catholicism portal