Death of Father Luis Jayme at Mission San Diego de Alcalá

Father Luis Jayme, a Franciscan missionary, was killed at Mission San Diego de Alcalá on November 4, 1775 during an attack by Kumeyaay people. The incident is recorded in Spanish mission archives and is a documented event in the mission's 18th-century history. The mission site and its interpretive materials note Jayme's death as a significant episode in the early colonial period of San Diego.