Mission San Jos - San Antonio Missions National Historic Park Mission San Jos y San Miguel de Aguayo Founded in 1720, the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqu s de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. Mission San Jose continues to be an active parish.
Visitors are welcome to attend mass on Sundays.
For more information about church services visit the Planning Your Visit page. Its founder was the famed Father Antonio Margil de Jes s, a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas. Queen of the Missions San Jos , as it became known, was the largest of the missions in the area. At its height, the community contained about 300 Indian neophytes sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock. Viewed as the model among the Texas missions, San Jos gained a reputation as a major social and cultural center.