GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-15

Sacred Heart Church
254 East Fifth Avenue
Durango, CO 81301

Phone: 970-799-4941

 

History: Sacred Heart Church, Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Pueblo (Archives: Pueblo, Colorado). Theatines (Our Lady of Purity Province) (Archives: Denver, Colorado) at Sacred Heart have attended to the following Native American (Ute) missions on or near the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.

1898-1976 (became a parish)	St. Ignatius Mission, Ignacio, Southern Ute Reservation
1911-ca. 1960 (transferred to Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pagosa Springs)	St. John Baptist Mission, Pagosa Junction, Southern Ute Reservation
1923-ca. 1960	Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Pagosa Springs, near Southern Ute Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1881-ongoing  

Volume: Several entries within ca. 2.0 cubic feet (at least 24 volumes)

Description: Sacramental records for Sacred Heart Church and its attended Indian missions; all volumes are indexed:

A. Baptisms, 1881-1978, 11 volumes; in Latin to 1945

B. First communions, 1924-ongoing, 1 volume

C. Confirmations, 1920-ongoing, 1 volume

D. Marriages, 1881-1906, 1 volume; combined with baptisms

E. Burials, 1917-ongoing, 2 volumes; includes cause of death, e.g. Spanish Influenza, ca. 1918-1920

 

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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