GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-8

St. Margaret Mary Church
28 East Montezuma Avenue
Cortez, CO 81321

Phone: 970-565-7308
Email: smm@fone.net

 

History: St. Margaret Mary Church, Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with some Ute Indian parishioners in the Diocese of Pueblo (Archives: Pueblo, Colorado). Theatines have administered St. Margaret Mary Church, 2005-present. Previously, various priests at St. Margaret Mary had attended to Towaoc Mission (Ute), Ute Mountain Reservation, Towaoc, Colorado.

1951-1987	Pueblo diocesan priests at St. Margaret’s, Cortez, established and attended to Towaoc Mission
1987-1991	Vincentians (Midwest Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) attended to Towaoc Mission
1991-1992	Benedictines (Mount Michael Abbey) (Archives: Elkhorn, Nebraska) attended to Towaoc Mission
1993-ca. 1998 (closed)	Pueblo diocesan priests at St. Margaret’s, Cortez, attended to Towaoc Mission

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Volume: Several entries among many volumes 

Inclusive dates: 1942-ongoing 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Margaret Mary Church and Towaoc 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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