GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-91

San Gabriel Arcángel Mission
537 South Mission Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91776

Phone: 626-457-3035

 

History: San Gabriel Arcángel Mission, San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, was once a predominantly Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Archives: Mission Hills, California).

1771-1834 (closed)	Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Gabriel (Serrano)
1781-1834	Franciscans at San Gabriel established and attended to Our Lady Queen of Angels Church/ Iglesia Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Mission (e.g. Mestizos and others), Los Angeles
1843 (Natives declined)-ca. 1900 (no longer Native)	Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) reestablished and administered San Gabriel

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1868-ca. 1900

Volume: Several entries among a few volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Gabriel Arcángel Mission.

 

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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