The church and a large convento adjoining on the east were rebuilt in 1709 to 1710 and renamed San Agustín.Across the country, Native American tribes are regaining parts of their ancestral land. Partially burned in the events of the 1680s, the walls of the nave of the church at old Isleta were found standing by Diego de Vargas during his 1692 reentry of New Mexico. The Texas Ysleta church is also featured in this itinerary. Meanwhile, at Isleta del Sur, they kept San Antonio as their patron saint. Most of the refugee Isletans remained in El Paso, while others returned and reestablished the old Isleta in New Mexico.

Allies of the Spaniards, the people of Isleta fled with them to the El Paso area and established Isleta del Sur as their new pueblo. The religious suppression and labor demands fostered resentment that eventually led to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, when, after decades of Spanish presence, numerous Pueblo Indians united to drive the Spaniards from their lands. The missions in New Mexico, however, were undermined by conflicts between Church and civil officials over the labor and loyalty of the native peoples and attempts to eradicate native religious practices. The King of Belgium visits Mission Isleta, October 20th, 1919.

The oldest section consists of the mission and adobe buildings around a central plaza surrounded by cultivated lands. Today the pueblo is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

During the 18th and 19th centuries Isleta became one of the largest and most prosperous pueblos in New Mexico and was noted for its crops and orchards. The pueblo was burned during the Spanish attempt to reconquer the area following the 1680 Great Pueblo Revolt.

Franciscan missionaries oversaw the first Spanish mission church's construction beginning in 1613. Isleta Pueblo was established prior to the 1598 Spanish occupation of New Mexico. It is a popular place to visit because the Pueblo of Isleta and Mission San Agustín de Isleta are located about 15 miles south of Albuquerque in the Rio Grande Valley. The adobe church of San Agustín is one of the two oldest surviving mission churches in New Mexico. By M.Bucka (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons

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