GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-10

San Francisco de Asís Church
1600 East Route 66
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Phone: 928-779-1341
Email: See website (About Us: Contact Us)

 

History: San Francisco de Asís Church, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Phoenix (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona). San Francisco de Asís has been administered by Phoenix diocesan priests and it has had some Native American parishioners (e.g. Navajo). The parish was formed through the consolidation of three Flagstaff parishes, one of which was Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (e.g. Navajo), a downtown parish with a few Native American parishioners (e.g. Navajo).

By 1960s (few Natives)-ca. 1985	Phoenix diocesan priests administered Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (e.g. Navajo), Flagstaff
1960s-1976 (closed)	Adrian Dominican Sisters (Archives: Adrian, Michigan) established and staffed Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School (e.g. Navajo), Flagstaff; few Native students
Ca. 1985-1997 (consolidated with San Francisco de Asis, Flagstaff)	Society of the Divine Word (Western Province) (Archives: Riverside, California) administered Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:  

Inclusive dates: 1966-ongoing; bulk 1966-1997

Volume: Few volumes and several volumes with a few records throughout

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials):

A. St Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission, 1966-1997, few volumes

B. San Francisco de Asís Church, 1997-ongoing, few entries within several volumes

 

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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