GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-30

St. Francis Xavier Church
4715 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012

Phone: 602-279-9547
Email: See website (Meet Us: Staff)

 

History: St. Francis Xavier Church, Phoenix, Arizona, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Phoenix (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona). Jesuits (California Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Francis Xavier attended to the following Native American mission and station in the Phoenix area.

1930-1946 (transferred to Queen of Peace, Mesa)	St. Francis of Assisi Mission (Pima), Scottsdale/ Salt River, Salt River Reservation
1931-1969	Phoenix Government Indian Grade School and High School (e.g. Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Tohono O’odham), Phoenix

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1930-1969

Volume: Several entries within many volumes

Description: Sacramental records Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Mission and students at the Phoenix Government Indian School.

 

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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