GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-17

St. Ignatius Church
15449 Highway 172
P.O. Box 1350
Ignacio, CO 81137

Phone: 970-563-4241
Email: stignatius@frontier.net

 

History: St. Ignatius Church, Ignacio, Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, has been a mixed Native (Ute) and non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Pueblo (Archives: Pueblo, Colorado).

1898-1976	Theatines (Our Lady of Purity Province) (Archives: Denver, Colorado) at Sacred Heart, Durango, established and attended to St. Ignatius Mission (Ute)
1976-1985	Became a parish; Society of the Divine Word (Western Province) (Archives: Techny, Illinois) administered St. Ignatius Church
1986-1989	Pueblo diocesan priests administered St. Ignatius
1990-1996	Jesuits (Missouri Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Ignatius
1997	Theatines administered St. Ignatius
1998-present	Pueblo diocesan priests have administered St. Ignatius

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1976-ongoing

Volume: Several entries within several volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Ignatius 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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