Editing Mission San Rafael Arcángel (section)

==History==
[[Image:Interior of Chapel at Mission San Rafael.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Interior of the ''capilla'' (chapel) at Mission San Rafael Arcángel taken in 1974.]] Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded on December 14, 1817, by Father [[Vicente Francisco de Sarría]], as a medical ''[[Asistencias|asistencia]]'' ("sub-mission") of the San Francisco Mission to treat their sick population. After its opening, hundreds of indigenous people suffering from illness were transferred to the asistencia from the San Francisco Mission.{{Sfn|Krell|1979|p=143}} It was granted full mission status on October 19, 1822. The mission's grain production in 1831 amounted to 774 [[Fanega|fanegas]] of wheat, 130 of corn, 15 of beans, 388 of barley, and 20 of other legumes, amounting to 1327 fanegas of grain.{{Sfn|Forbes|1839|p=259}} In the same year, the mission owned 1200 heads of black cattle, 450 horses, 1 mule, 2000 sheep, and 17 pigs.{{Sfn|Forbes|1839|p=265}}

This was one of the missions turned over to the [[Mexico|Mexican]] government in 1833 after the [[Mexican secularization act of 1833]]. According to [[Alexander Forbes (explorer)|Alexander Forbes]], the 1835 mission population was 1027.{{Sfn|Forbes|1839|p=202}} In 1840, there were 150 Native Americans still at the Mission. By 1844, Mission San Rafael Arcángel had been abandoned; what was left of the empty buildings was sold for $8,000 in 1846. The Mission was used by [[John C. Fremont]] as his headquarters during the [[Bear Flag Revolt]].

On June 28, 1846, three men departed the mission, including [[Kit Carson]], and murdered three unarmed Californians under the order of [[John C. Fremont]]: Don José R. Berreyesa, father of [[José de los Santos Berreyesa]], along with the twin sons of Don [[Francisco de Haro]], Ramon and Francisco De Haro.<ref name="http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hbbegd.htm group=dab">The Beginnings of San Francisco App. D – The Murder of Berreyesa and the De Haros</ref>

In 1847, a priest was once again living at the Mission. A new [[parish]] church was built near the old chapel ruins in 1861, and, in 1870, the rest of the ruins were removed to make room for the City of San Rafael. All that was left of the Mission was a single pear tree from the old Mission's orchard.  It is for this reason that San Rafael is known as the "most obliterated of California's missions".{{Sfn|Ruscin|1999|p=167}}

In 1949, a replica of the chapel was built next to the current Saint Raphael's Church on the site of the original hospital in San Rafael, California which was built in 1919.