GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-31
St. Mary Basilica
231 North Third Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Phone: 602-354-2100
Email: frontdesk@smbphx.org
History: St. Mary Basilica/ Immaculate Conception Church, Phoenix, Arizona, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Phoenix (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona).
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1881-1896 |
Tucson diocesan priests administered Immaculate Conception Church |
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1896-1915 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio/ archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) administered Immaculate Conception |
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1915-present |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) administered St. Mary/ Immaculate Conception |
Tucson diocesan priests and Franciscans at St. Mary/ Immaculate Conception attended to the following Native American missions and stations in Arizona:
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1885-1914 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
Ss. Simon and Jude Mission (Tohono O’odham), Gila Bend |
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1897-1909 (became a parish) |
St. John the Baptist Church (Pima), Laveen, Gila River Reservation |
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1897-1901 (transferred to Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet) |
St. John the Baptist School (Pima), Laveen, Gila River Reservation |
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1902-1912 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Francis of Assisi Mission (Pima), Salt River Reservation |
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1905-1930 (transferred to St. Francis, Phoenix) |
Phoenix [Government] Indian School (Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Tohono O’odham), Phoenix |
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1906-1909 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Anne Mission (Maricopa, Pima), Santan, Gila River Reservation |
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1906-1909 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Michael Mission (Maricopa, Pima), Sacaton Flats, Gila River Reservation |
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1906-1909 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Paschal Mission (Maricopa, Pima), Blackwater |
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1906-1909 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Peter Mission (Maricopa and Pima), Casa Blanca |
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1906-1926 (transferred to Immaculate Heart, Phoenix) |
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Yaqui), Guadalupe |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: Bulk 1885-1926
Volume: Several entries among many volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of the Native American missions and stations attended from St. Mary Basilica.
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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