Question: The Franciscan Missions of the Sierra Gorda are credited to a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded how many of the 21 Spanish missions in California?
Sentence (from "Spanish missions in California"): Founded by Catholic priests of the Franciscan order to evangelize the Native Americans, the missions led to the creation of the New Spain province of Alta California and were part of the expansion of the Spanish Empire into the most northern and western parts of Spanish North America.
Relevant evidence: No