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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