GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-93
St. Joseph Church
23600 Soboba Road
P.O. Box 1027
San Jacinto, CA 92581
Phone: 951-654-2086
Email: stjoseph.sanjacinto@sbdiocese.org
History: St. Joseph Church, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California, has been a predominantly Native American (Cahuilla) parish in the Diocese of San Bernardino (Archives: San Bernardino, California).
1888-1893 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Bernardine’s, San Bernardino, established and attended to St. Joseph Mission (Cahuilla) |
1894-1903 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Francis, Riverside, attended to St. Joseph’s |
1904-1906 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Boniface School, Banning, attended to St. Joseph’s |
1907-1922 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s, San Jacinto, attended to St. Joseph’s |
1922-1936 |
Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s attended to St. Joseph’s |
1936-1978 |
San Diego diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s, San Jacinto, attended to St. Joseph’s |
1978-2000 |
Became a parish; Holy Ghost Fathers (Western Province) (Archives: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) administered St. Joseph Church |
2001-present |
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (United States Province) (Archives: Aurora, Illinois) have administered St. Joseph’s |
2001-present |
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart at St. Joseph’s, San Jacinto, have attended to St. Mary Mission (Cahuilla, Serrano), Morongo, Morongo Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1978-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Joseph Church and St. Mary Mission.
For sacramental records of St. Joseph Mission -- see -- the guide entry for St. Anthony Church, San Jacinto, California.
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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