Tumacacori Mission

The settlement of Tumacacori was of Pima indians to the area.

The Jesuits in 1691 founded the mission San Cayetano de Tumacacori.

Today Tumacacori is a National Monument and there are no plans for restoration.

The mission originally was supported by the Mission San Xavier to the north.

The priest originally did not reside at Tumacacori until a later time.

Tumacacori Mission frontal view. The bell
tower to the upper right was never capped with a dome.

Tumacacori side and partial rear view. By 1823
the church building was in its final construction phase.
Between 1691 and 1823 history explains the interruptions and reasons
for the delays in the mission's completion.