Chini is a 10th-generation collateral descendant of Kino’s on an uncle’s side. The first statue was erected in Tucson in 1988, according to “Kino A Legacy,” a book written by the late ...

There are three statues that were created to honor Father Kino’s life. The equestrian statues are in Tucson; Magdalena, Sonora; and Segno, Italy. While Tucson is celebrating Father Kino ...

A painting shows a silhouette of a statue of Father Eusebio Kino that was found in Tucson, Ariz. The painting is at the base of a cross in St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson and was on display ...

"Everybody from Tucson and in Arizona is familiar with Father Kino," said Father Lopez. "He's the founding father of Arizona. His statue is in the Rotunda of the capital. And, we in Tucson ...

A Tucson-area icon has moved a step closer to sainthood. Father Eusebio Kino ... baptized more than 4,000 people. Kino Parkway is named after him, and a statue of Kino was placed at the National ...

You can see a larger-than-life statue of Father Kino on horseback at the intersection of Kino Boulevard and E 15th Street in Tucson. Kino founded the first mission at what would become San Xavier ...

READERS' PICK: If memory serves, it was departed City Manager Manoj Vilas who claimed to speak for us all when he declared art synonymous with a statue of ... Certainly Padre Kino's towering ...

Statue of limitations: Feud over Goldwater statue comes to a head "In no way is this a disrespect of Father Kino ... del Bac mission outside Tucson. Bennet noted Kino died in 1711.

The 8 foot tall, nearly 1 ton statue is nearly 8 feet tall and weight about one ton. It will join “Arizona’s First Rancher,” Father Kino, and replace the statue of John Campbell Greenway ...