GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Ohio: OH-3

Comboni Missionaries. North American Province
1318 Nagal Road
Cincinnati, OH 45255

Phone: 513-474-4997
Email: info@combonimissionaries.org

 

History: The Comboni Missionaries (a.k.a. Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, Verona Fathers), self-identify with the post-nominal initials, “M.C.C.J.” They made their first U.S. foundation, 1939, established a North American Province, and evangelized Native Americans through these missions in California:

1950-1999 (transferred to Barnabites)	Mission San Antonio de Pala (Cahuilla, Kumiai, Cupeño), Pala, Pala Reservation
1950-1980 (transferred to San Diego Diocese)	Santa Ysabel Mission (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma), Santa Ysabel, Santa Ysabel Reservation

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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