​This Marker Faces the Site
(Across the Street) of
Victoria's
​First Church

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Marker Text: ​Erected by Martin De Leon, founder of Victoria, soon after his arrival in October, 1824. Priests serving there were Rev. Fathers Jose Miguel Muro, Jose Antonio Valdez, Antonio Diaz De Leon, O.M.F. The church was restored in 1840 by Most Rev. John Mary Odin, first Catholic Bishop of Texas. In 1850 Father Agustine Gardet had it removed to the northwest corner of the lot where Nazareth Convent now stands. (1936)

Marker No: 6577

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker 

Geographic: 28.796659, -97.007263

Location: Market Square, Main Street, Victoria