GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-17

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Mile Marker 395.4 State Highway 163
P.O. Box 517
Kayenta, AZ 86033

Phone: 928-697-3429

 

History: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Kayenta, Arizona, has been a predominantly Native American (Navajo) parish in the Navajo Nation and in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).

1956-1967	Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) at St. Jude’s, Tuba City, established and attended to Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Navajo)
1967-1985	Became a parish; Franciscans administered Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
1985-1998	Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) administered Our Lady of Guadalupe
1998-present	Vincentians (Western Province) (Archives: Montebello, California) have administered Our Lady of Guadalupe

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1967-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. 

 

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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