California Mission Nicknames

   Mission San Diego de Alcalá

       *Mother of the Missions

Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo

       * Father of the Missions

Mission San Antonio de Padua

       * Mission of the Sierras

 Mission San Gabriel, Arcángel

    * Pride of the Missions

 * Mother of Agriculture in California 

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

 * Prince of the Missions

*  Mission in the Valley of Bears

* The Accidental Mission

Mission San Francisco de Asís

* Mission Dolores

Mission San Juan de Capistrano

* Jewel of the Missions

* Mission of the Swallow

Mission Santa Clara de Asís

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Mission Buenaventura

 * Mission by the Sea

Mission Santa Bárbara

 * Queen of the Missions

Mission La Purísima Concepcion

 * The Linear Mission

Mission Santa Cruz

* The Hard-luck Mission

Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad

* The Lonely Mission

Mission San José

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Mission San Juan Bautista

 * Mission of Music

Mission San Miguel Arcángel

* Mission on the Highway

* The Un-retouched Mission

Mission San Fernando Rey de España

* Mission of the Valley

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia

 * King of the Missions

 Mission Santa Inés

 * Hidden Gem of the Missions

Mission San Rafael Arcángel

 * Mission of Bodily Healing

Mission San Francisco de Solano

* Sonoma Mission