According to the missionsanjose.org site, the adobe church was dedicated in 1809 and destroyed by an earthquake in 1868. From 1982-1985 it was reconstructed to look like the original.
The mission was founded in 1797, but there is no record (that I can see) of whether the church dedicated in 1809 was there at the founding, or when exactly construction began.
For more information, see missionsanjose.org/history.html
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