GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Mexico: MX-8
Iglesia Católica. Arquidiócesis de Morelia
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Morelia
Costado Catedral, Frente Avenida Madero Pte. s/n, Apartado 17
C.P. 58000 Morelia, Michoacán, México
Teléfono: 52 4 312 0523
Teléfono: 52 4 312 3738
History: The Diocese of Michoacán was erected, 1536; elevated to the Archdiocese of Michoacán, 1863; and renamed the Archdiocese of Morelia, 1924. Morelia and its predecessors administered these Native American missions in present-day Louisiana and Texas:
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1690-1692 (closed) |
Santísimo Nombre de María Mission (Caddo), Augusta, Texas |
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1690-1794 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
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 |
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1700-1793 (secularized) (Morelia, 1700-1777) |
San Antonio de Valero [El Alamo]/ San José/ San Francisco Solano/ San Ildefonso Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio, Texas/ San José/ Guerrero/ Zaragosa, Coahuila, Mexico |
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1716-1719 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1719) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission (Caddo), Nacogdoches, Texas |
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1717-1773 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1773) |
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission (Caddo) San Augustine, Texas |
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1716-1794 (closed) (Morelia, 1716-1777) |
Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
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1716-1794 (no longer Native) (Morelia, 1716-1777) |
San Juan Capistrano/ San José de los Nazonis Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Austin/ Cushing, Texas |
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1717-1773 (closed) (Morelia, 1717-1777) |
San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes Mission (Caddo), Robeline, Louisiana |
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1720-1824 (closed) (Morelia, 1720-1777) |
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission (Apache, Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Karankawa), San Antonio, Texas |
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1721-1773 (closed) (Morelia, 1721-1777) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission (Caddo), Nacogdoches, Texas |
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1722-1830 (closed) (Morelia, 1722-1777) |
Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga [La Bahía] Mission (Karankawa), Mission Valley/ Matagorda Bay, Texas |
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1722-1726 (closed) (Morelia, 1722-1726) |
San Francisco Xavier de Náxara Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio, Texas |
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1731-1819 (no longer Native) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
Purisima Concepcion/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
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1731-1819 (no longer Native) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
Mission Purisima Concepcion/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
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1748-1756 (closed) (Morelia, 1748-1756) |
San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
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1748-1756 (closed) (Morelia, 1748-1756) |
San Ildefonso Mission (Caddo, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
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1749-1755 (closed) (Morelia, 1749-1755) |
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Mission (Caddo, Karankawa, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
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1754-1781, 1789-1807 (closed) (Morelia, 1754-1777) |
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Mission (Karankawa), Goliad County, Texas |
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1756-1772 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
Nuestra Señora de la Luz [El Orcoquisac] Mission (Karankawa), Wallisville, Texas |
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1756 (Morelia, 1756) |
San Agustín de Ahumada Presidio (Karankawa), Lower Neches and Trinity Rivers, Texas |
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1756-1758 (closed) (Morelia, 1756-1758) |
San Francisco Xavier Mission (Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, Tonkawa), Guadalupe River, New Braunfels, Texas |
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1757-1758 (closed) (Morelia, 1757-1758) |
San Saba de la Santa Cruz Mission (Apache), Menard, Texas |
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1762-1770 (closed) (Morelia, 1762-1770) |
San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission (Apache), Camp Wood, Texas |
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1731-1771 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1771) |
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañón Mission (Apache), Montell, 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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