GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-45

Holy Family Church
338 West University Boulevard
P.O. Box 5607
Tucson, AZ 85705

Phone: 520-623-6773

 

History: Holy Family Church, Tucson, Arizona, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Tucson (Archives: Tucson, Arizona). It has had a few Native American parishioners (e.g. Pima, Tohono O’odham, Yaqui).

1915-1958	Discalced Carmelites (Barcelona Province) (Archives: Barcelona, Spain) established and administered Holy Family Church
1958-1965	Society of African Missions (American Province) (Archives: Tenafly, New Jersey) administered Holy Family
1965-present	Tucson diocesan priests have administered Holy Family

Various priests at Holy Family have attended to the following Native American missions in Tucson, Arizona:

1938-1950 (became a parish)	St. Margaret Mary Mission (e.g. Pima, Tohono O’odham, Yaqui), Tucson; included a few Native American parishioners
1930-present	Santa Rosa Mission (Yaqui), Tucson

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: Bulk 1930-ongoing

Volume: Few entries within several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Holy Family Church and its attended missions. 

 

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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