GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-51
San Xavier del Bac Mission and School
1950 West San Xavier Road (parish)
1980 West San Xavier Road (school)
Tucson, AZ 85746
Phone (parish): 520-294-2624
Phone (school): 520-294-0628
Email: info@sanxaviermission.org
Hours (Parish Office): See website (Mission Information)
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying facilities: Yes
History: San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona, has been on the San Xavier Reservation and in the Diocese of Tucson (Archives: Tucson, Arizona).
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1692-1753 (destroyed) |
Jesuits (Neuva España Province) (Archives: Mexico City, Mexico) at Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, Tumacacori, established and attended to San Xavier del Bac Mission (Pima, Tohono O’odham) |
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1753 |
Pima and Tohono O’odham Indians destroyed the mission and it was rebuilt the following year |
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1753 (rebuilt)-1767 (expelled) |
Jesuits continued attending to San Xavier until expelled by Spain |
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1768-1841 |
Franciscans (Santa Cruz College) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) at Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi attended to San Xavier |
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1841-1844 |
Franciscans at San Antonio Paduano del Oquitoa, Sonora, attended to San Xavier |
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1844-1859 |
Durango diocesan priests (Archives: Durango, Mexico) at San Ignacio de Cabórica, San Ignacio, Sonora, attended to San Xavier |
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1859-1866 (succeeded by Arizona Vicariate Apostolate) |
Santa Fe diocesan priests (Santa Fe, New Mexico) attended to San Xavier |
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1866-1897 (succeeded by Tucson Diocese) |
Arizona vicariate apostolate priests (Tucson) at St. Augustine’s, Tucson, attended to San Xavier |
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1872-1876 (closed), 1888-1932 |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Los Angeles Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and staffed San Xavier del Bac School (Tohono O’odham) |
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1874 |
The San Xavier Reservation was established for Tohono O’odham people residing near San Xavier del Bac Mission |
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1897-1913 |
Tucson diocesan priests attended San Xavier from St. Augustine’s, Tucson |
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1913-1910s |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (St. Louis, Missouri) administered San Xavier |
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1910s-present |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) have administered San Xavier |
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1932-1938 |
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (United States Province) (Archives: Tucson, Arizona) staffed the school |
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1938-1940 |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (Archives: Orange, California) staffed the school |
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1940-present |
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Archives: Manitowoc, Wisconsin) have staffed the school |
Jesuits and Franciscans at San Xavier attended to the following Native American missions and stations in Arizona:
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1692-1752 (closed) |
San Cosme y Damian del Tucson Visita (Pima, Tohono O’odham), Tucson |
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1692-1752 (closed) |
Santa Catarina del Cuytoabagum Visita (Pima), Rio Santa Cruz
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1692-1767 (closed) |
Colorado River stations (Pima, Tohono O’odham) |
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1692-1767 (closed) |
Gila River stations (Pima, Tohono O’odham) |
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1692-1767 (closed) |
San Pedro River stations (Pima, Tohono O’odham) |
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1766 (closed) |
San Agustín del Tucson Mission (Pima, Tohono O’odham), Tucson |
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1950-1960 (closed) |
San Ignacio Mission (Pima, Tohono O’odham), San Ignacio |
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1950-1960 (transferred to San Solano, Topawa) |
Coyote Village Mission (Tohono O’odham), Coyote Fields |
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1950-1970 (transferred to San Solano, Topawa) |
San Pedro Mission (Tohono O’odham), San Pedro Village |
Various religious sisters at San Xavier staffed San Jose Village Mission School, San Jose Village, 1930-1944.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1899-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Xavier del Bac Mission 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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