GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-1

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
6633 County Road 13
Conejos, CO 81129
P.O. Box 305
Antonito, CO 81120

Phone: 719-376-5985
Email: See website (Contact Us)

 

History: Our Lady of Guadalupe/ Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church, Conejos, Conejos County, Colorado, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Pueblo (Archives: Pueblo, Colorado).

Ca. 1863-1868	Santa Fe diocesan priests founded and administered Our Lady of Guadalupe/ Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church
1868-1870	Priests of the Vicariate Apostolate of Colorado and Utah administered Our Lady of Guadalupe
1870-1871	Priests of the Vicariate Apostolate of Colorado administered Our Lady of Guadalupe
1871-1920	Jesuits (Mission of Colorado and New Mexico) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered the parish
1920-present	Theatines (Province of Our Lady of Purity) (Archives: Denver, Colorado) administered the parish and have attended to nearby stations among Ute and Navajo Indians
1926	Fire destroyed the church, but all record books were saved

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1863-ongoing

Volume: Several entries among at least 4 volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths/ burials) for Native American parishioners (e.g. Navajo, Ute) of the stations attended from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

 

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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