List of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
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The following table summarizes the history of foundings and relocations of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos.{{Cite web
| publisher = Departamento de Historia Moderna, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED
| last = Lasso Varela
| first = Isidro José
| title = Influencias del cristianismo entre los Chiquitanos desde la llegada de los Españoles hasta la expulsión de los Jesuitas
| accessdate = 2009-02-03
| date = 2008-06-26
| language = Spanish
| url = http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/view.php?pid=bibliuned:20770
|last=Groesbeck
|first=Geoffrey A. P.
|title=A Brief History of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos (eastern Bolivia)
|work=Colonialvoyage
|accessdate=2009-01-16
|year=2008
|url=http://www.colonialvoyage.com/boliviamissions.html
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106173530/http://www.colonialvoyage.com/boliviamissions.html
|archivedate=2009-01-06
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!width="20%" align="center" style="background:#ffdead;" | Founded, Relocated (reason) !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" | Founders !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" class="unsortable"| Indians !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" | Languages{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |authorlink=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}} !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" class="unsortable"| Comments !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" | Province !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" | Coordinates !width="10%" align="left" style="background:#ffdead;" class="unsortable"| Image |
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San José de Chiquitos
| 1698 | Felipe Suárez, Fr. Dionisio Ávila | Penoquis | Chiquitano (Penoqui) | | {{coord|17|51|0|S|60|45|0|W|region:BO_type:city|display=inline}} | 200px |
San Rafael de Velasco
| 1695, 1701 (epidemic), 1705 (epidemic), 1719 (fire), 1750 | Juan Bautista Zea, Francisco Hervás | | | José Miguel de Velasco Province | {{coord |
16.7869 |
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San Javier
| 1691, 1696 (incursion of Paulistas; relocated to the San Miguel River), 1698 (Paulistas; relocated closer to Santa Cruz), 1708 (Spanish from Santa Cruz capturing Indians; relocated away from Santa Cruz) | José de Arce, (Antonio de Rivas?) | Piñocas | Chiquitano (Piñoco) | | {{coord |
16.2748 |
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San Miguel de Velasco
| 1721 | Felipe Suárez, (Francisco Hervás) | | Founded because San Rafael was growing too big | José Miguel de Velasco Province | {{coord|16|41|54.96|S|60|58|5.16|W}} | 200px |
Concepción
| 1699, 1707, 1708, 1722 | Francisco Lucas Caballero, Francisco Hervás | Chiquitano (Bésɨro) | | {{coord|16|07|55|S|62|01|34|W}} | 200px |
Santa Ana de Velasco
| 1755 | Julian Knogler | Covarecas and Curuminacas | Otuke (Covareca, Curuminaca) | | José Miguel de Velasco Province | {{coord|16|35|1|S|60|41|16|W}} | 200px |
San Ignacio de Velasco
| 1748 | Diego Contreras, Michael Streicher (also known as Areijer) | Ugaraños | Ignaciano Chiquitano | Partially settled by inhabitants of former San Ignacio de Zamucos | José Miguel de Velasco Province | {{coord|16|22|0|S|60|57|0|W}} | 200px |
San Juan Bautista
| 1699, 1705 (epidemic)-closed,The reduction would have needed to be relocated, but the Indians refused so the mission was closed. reopened in 1713 in a new location | Juan Bautista Zea, Juan Patricio Fernández | Suberecas, Petas, Piñocas | Chiquitano (Piñoco) | Founded because San José had grown too big | {{coord|17|54|S|60|22|W}} | |
San Ignacio de Zamucos
| 1716 (attempts of founding), 1723; abandoned in 1745 (fights between Zamucos and Ugarone) | Felipe Suárez, Juan Bautista Zea, Agustín Castañares | | Ayoreo | | {{coord|19|10|S|60|38|W}} | |
Santo Corazón
| 1760, 1788 | Antonio Gaspar, José Chueca | Otukes | Otuke | | {{coord|17|58|S|58|48|W}} | |
Santiago de Chiquitos
| 1754, 1764 |Gaspar Troncoso, Gaspar Campos | | Santiagueño Chiquitano | | {{coord|18|20|24|S|59|35|54|W}} | 200px |
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