San Juan Bautista Cemetery – San Benito County – United States

San Juan Bautista Cemetery is the historic cemetery beside Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California. The mission was founded by Franciscan Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén on June 24, 1797, and the cemetery developed as part of the mission’s Catholic complex. ([savemissionsjb.org](https://savemissionsjb.org/our-history?utm_source=openai)) Located north of the church, it contains the remains of more than 4,000 Christian Native Americans and Europeans associated with the mission community. ([oldmissionsjb.org](https://www.oldmissionsjb.org/history?utm_source=openai)) The cemetery includes the marked grave of Ascencion Solorzano, a Mutsun woman whose language and cultural knowledge were documented by Smithsonian linguist John Peabody Harrington. ([savemissionsjb.org](https://savemissionsjb.org/our-history?utm_source=openai)) Mission San Juan Bautista remains owned and operated by the Catholic Church, while the surrounding historic plaza is administered by California State Parks. ([parks.ca.gov](https://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22730&utm_source=openai)) The mission and plaza are recognized as a California