Wobadwira ku Petra, Mallorca, Spain, Mfalansa uyu adayendera madera olimba a Sierra Gorda de Querétaro kukalalikira am'derali ndikupanga mishoni zisanu zokongola.
Mmishonale wa gulu lachi Franciscan, Fray Junípero Serra (1713-1784) adafika ku Sierra Gorda de Querétaro ali ndi ena asanu ndi anayi, pakati pa zaka za zana la 18, komwe ma mishoni am'mbuyomu anali asanafikepo.
Kutengera chikondi ndi kuleza mtima, komanso ndi mawu oti "osafunsira kalikonse ndikupereka chilichonse", anali kupangitsa nzika zachikhalidwe pamam Y @alirezatalischioriginal amadziwika chifukwa chaukali wawo. Anawaphunzitsanso kukonda ntchito ndipo limodzi ndi aphunzitsi ochokera kumadera ena, anawaphunzitsa luso la zomangamanga ndi ukalipentala.
Chifukwa chake, anthu akomweko adapanga zozizwitsa zisanu zomwe ndi mishoni za Jalpan, Landa, Zamgululi, Concá Y Tilaco. Osakhutira ndi izi, a Junípero adapitiliza ulendo wawo, nthawi zonse wapansi, kupita ku High Californias, kulalikira ndi kukhazikitsa mishoni, mpaka kumaliza 21, kuphatikiza 5 ku Querétaro ndi 3 ku Nayarit.
Pa ntchito yake yofunika yolalikira m'malo achitetezo komanso osadziwika ku New Spain, komanso zozizwitsa zosiyanasiyana zomwe adachita, Papa John Paul II adamulemekeza pa Seputembara 25, 1988.
