Fray Junípero Serra - San Rafael, CA - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

J Serra has a cane in his right hand, wearing a robe. The statue seems to be mad of bronze.

Taken from Wikipedia, "Junípero Serra Ferrer, O.F.M., (/d?u?n?'p?ro? 's?r?/; Spanish: [xu'nipe?o 'sera]) (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, which at the time were in Alta California in the Province of Las Californias in New Spain. He began in San Diego on July 16, 1769, and established his headquarters near Monterey, California, at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.

The missions were primarily designed to convert the natives. Other aims were to integrate the neophytes into Spanish society, and to train them to take over ownership and management of the land. As head of the order in California, Serra not only dealt with church officials, but also with Spanish officials in Mexico City and with the local military officers who commanded the nearby presidios (garrisons).

Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988 and Pope Francis expects to canonize him in September 2015 during his first visit to the United States.This has been controversial with Native Americans, who criticize Serra's treatment of their ancestors and associate him with the suppression of their culture."

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