GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-95

Mission San Juan Bautista
406 Second Street
P.O. Box 400
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045

Phone: 831-623-2127

 

Hours (Office): See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying Facilities: Yes

 

History: San Juan Bautista Mission, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California, was once a predominantly Native American parish in the Diocese of Monterey (Archives: Monterey, California)

1797-1835	Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Juan Bautista Mission (Miwok, Ohlone, Yokuts)
1835-1840	Sonoran diocesan priests (Archives: Hermosillo, Mexico) administered San Juan Bautista
1840-1853	Monterey/ Two Californias diocesan priests (Archives: Monterey, California) administered San Juan Bautista
1859-ca. 1900 (no longer Native)	Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests administered San Juan Bautista

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1797-ca. 1900

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Juan Bautista 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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