Oldest Mission in Texas

Originally founded in 1613 at Isleta Pueblo, in New Mexico, and dedicated in 1621 as San Antonio de Isleta. Removed to El Paso area, 1680 (during Pueblo Revolt), by Tigua Indians who brought along the patron saint as they accompanied fleeing Spaniards. Re-established here in 1682, it has been named successively: Sacramento de Los Tiguas de Ysleta; Corpus Christi de Los Tiguas de Ysleta (1691); San Antonio de Los Tiguas de Ysleta (1744); and Nuestra Senora Del Carmen (1874). Present chapel has walls and bells of 1744 building. Still ministers to the Tiguas. (1970)

Oldest Mission in Texas is a historical marker in Ysleta, El Paso County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.6915, -106.3276 near Ysleta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Corpus Christi de la Ysleta (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ysleta Mission, First Mission in Texas, and Alderete - Candelaria House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141003843. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.