Restored view of Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 1883 by Henry Chapman Ford, first founded by Father Lasuén on October 30th, 1775. When just a few weeks later word spread of an Indian revolt in San Diego, the founding padres and soldiers left San Juan Capistrano to help fight. Once fighting had subsided, Father Junipero Serra personally led a party to re-found Mission San Juan Capistrano on All Saint’s Day, November 1, 1776.