Mission Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera

Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino founded Cocóspera in 1689.^[1] It was initially a visita of Mission San José de Imuris, and at various times served as an independent mission or as a visita of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores or Mission Santa María Suamca.^[2]

Churches at Cocóspera were burnt by Apaches in 1698, 1746, and 1776, and repeatedly rebuilt by the missionaries. Due to ongoing Apache raids, the mission was eventually abandoned in 1845.^[2]

John Ross Browne sketched the mission in 1864.^[3]

Missionaries stationed at Cocóspera included:^[2]

• Pedro Sandoval (1691–?)
• Juan Bautista Barli (1693–1694)
• Fernando Bayerca (1694–?)
• Pedro Ruiz de Contreras (1697–1698)
• Francisco Hlawa (1757–?)
• Francisco Roche (1768–?)
• Francisco Cobas (1798–?)
• Rafael Díaz (1831–1836)