GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-13

Theatines. Province of Our Lady of Purity
St. Andrew Avellino Seminary
1050 South Birch Street
Denver, CO

Phone: 303-757-4280
Email: See website

 

History: St. Cajetan and Gian Pietro Caraffa (later Pope Paul IV), founded the Theatines [a.k.a. Clerks Regular of Divine Providence] in Rome, 1524, who have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, “C.R.” The Theatines founded and have administered the following Native American missions and stations in Colorado.

1898-1976, 1997	St. Ignatius Mission (Ute), Ignacio, Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado
1911-ca. 1960	St. John Baptist Mission (Ute), Pagosa Junction, Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado
1911-present	Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Ute), Pagosa Springs, Colorado
1920-present	Conejos station (Ute, Navajo), Colorado
2005-present	St. Margaret Mary Church (Ute, in part), Cortez

   

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States: Unknown.

 

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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