GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Mexico: MX-7
La Iglesia Católica. Arquidiócesis de Monterrey. Archivo
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Monterrey. Archives
Apartado 7, Zuazua 1100 Sur
C.P. 64000 Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Teléfono: 81 1158 2450
Correo: contacto@archidiocesismty.org
Horario: See website
History: The Diocese of Nuevo León was erected from territory of the Diocese of Michoacán, 1777. Thereafter, Nuevo León was renamed the Diocese of Linares, which was elevated and renamed the Archdiocese of Monterey. Monterey and its predecessors administered these Native American missions in present-day Louisiana and Texas:
1690-1692 (closed) |
Santísimo Nombre de María Mission (Caddo), Augusta, Texas |
1690-1794 (closed) (Monterey, 1777-1794) |
San Francisco de la Espada/ San Francisco de los Neches/ Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas/ San Francisco de los Tejas Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Austin/ Alto/ Bowles Creek/ Augusta, Texas |
1700-1793 (secularized) (Monterey, 1777-1793) |
San Antonio de Valero [El Alamo]/ San José/ San Francisco Solano/ San Ildefonso/ San Bernardo Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio, Texas/ Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico |
1716-1719 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission (Caddo), Nacogdoches, Texas |
1716-1794 (closed) (Monterey, 1777-1794) |
Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
1716-1794 (no longer Native) (Monterey, 1777-1794) |
San Juan Capistrano/ San José de los Nazonis Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Mestizos), San Antonio/ Austin/ Cushing, Texas |
1717-1773 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission (Caddo), San Augustine, Texas |
1717-1773 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes Mission (Caddo), Robeline, Louisiana |
1720-1824 (closed) (Monterey, 1777-1824) |
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission (Apache, Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Karankawa) San Antonio, Texas |
1721-1773 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission (Caddo), Nacogdoches, Texas |
1722-1830 (closed) (Monterey, 1777-1830) |
Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga [La Bahía] Mission (Karankawa), Mission Valley/Matagorda Bay, Texas |
1722-1726 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
San Francisco Xavier de Náxara Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio, Texas |
1731-1819, 1731-1819 (no longer Native) (Monterey, 1777-1819) |
Purísima Concepción/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais Mission (Coahuiltecan, Mestizos), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
1748-1756 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
1748-1756 (closed) (Monterey, 1777) |
San Ildefonso Mission (Caddo, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
1749-1755 (closed) (Monterey, 1777-1839) |
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Mission (Caddo, Karankawa, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
1754-1781, 1789-1807 (closed) (Monterey, 1777-1807) |
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Mission (Karankawa), Goliad County, Texas |
1756-1772 (closed) |
Nuestra Señora de la Luz [El Orcoquisac] Mission (Karankawa), Wallisville, Texas |
1756-1758 (closed) |
San Francisco Xavier Mission (Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, Tonkawa), Guadalupe River, New Braunfels, Texas |
1756-unknown |
San Agustín de Ahumada Presidio (Karankawa), Lower Neches and Trinity Rivers, Texas |
1757-1758 (closed) |
San Saba de la Santa Cruz Mission (Apache), Menard, Texas |
1762-1770 (closed) |
San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission (Apache), Camp Wood, Texas |
1762-1771 (closed) |
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañón Mission (Apache), Montell, Texas |
1793-1830 (closed) (Monterey, 1793-1830) |
Nuestra Señora del Refugio Mission (Karankawa), Refugio/ Mosquito Creek/ Long Mott, Texas |
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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