GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-112

Santa Ysabel Mission
23013 State Highway 79
P.O. Box 129
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070

Phone: 760-765-0810

 

History: Santa Ysabel Mission, Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, California, has been a predominantly Native American parish near the Santa Ysabel Reservation and in the Diocese of San Diego (Archives: San Diego, California).

1818-1834

Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) at San Diego Mission, San Diego, established and attended to Santa Ysabel Mission (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma)

1840-1853

Two Californias diocesan priests at San Diego Mission, San Diego, attended to Santa Ysabel Mission

1853-1859

Monterey diocesan priests at San Diego Mission, San Diego, attended to Santa Ysabel Mission

1859-1922

Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel

1922-1925

Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel

1925-1936

Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests administered Santa Ysabel

1936-1950

San Diego diocesan priests administered Santa Ysabel

1950-1980

Comboni Missionaries (United States Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio) administered Santa Ysabel

1980-present

San Diego diocesan priests have administered Santa Ysabel

Various priests at Santa Ysabel have attended to the following Native American missions and stations in present-day San Diego County:

1818-1834 (closed)

St. John the Baptist Visita (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma), Santa Ysabel

1818-1834 (closed)

St. Francis of Assisi Visita (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma), Warner’s Hot Springs

1859-1888

Barona station (Kumiai)

1859-1888

Mesa Grande station (Kumiai)

1859-1888 (transferred to Queen of Angels, Ildyllwild)

Santa Rosa station (Yokuts)

1859-1888

Warner’s Ranch station (Cahuilla, Kumiai, Cupeño)

1859-1888

Cahuilla station (Cahuilla)

1898-1925

St. Dominic Mission (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma), Mesa Grande-San Pasquale Reservations

1920s-1990s (closed)

St. Michael Mission (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma), Cosmit-Inaja Reservation

1925-1950 (Natives diminished)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission and School (Cahuilla, Kumiai), Los Coyotes Reservation, San Ysidro

1950-1956 (closed)

Jamul Mission (Kumiai), Jamul, Jamul Reservation

1950-1970 (transferred to Blessed Kateri, Lakeside)

Sycuan Mission (Kumiai), Sycuan

 

1950-1990 (closed)

St. Francis Mission/ Los Coyotes Mission (Cahuilla, Cupeño), Los Coyotes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1937-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Santa Ysabel Mission and its attended Native American missions and stations.

 

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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