GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-12

St. Patrick Church
549 Cousins Road
Chi Chil Tah, NM 87305
P.O. Box 267
Vander Wagen, NM 87326

Phone 505-778-5410

 

History: St. Patrick Church, Chi Chil Tah (or Chichiltah), McKinley County, New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (e.g. Navajo, Zuni) parish in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).

1965-present

Gallup diocesan priests established and have administered St. Patrick Church (e.g. Navajo, Zuni), Chichiltah

Gallup diocesan priests at St. Patrick’s have attended to the following Native American missions:

Ca. 1965-present	Good Shepherd Mission (e.g. Isleta, Navajo), Pinehaven, McKinley County
1987-present	San Lorenzo Mission (Navajo), Ramah (Tinaja), McKinley County, near Ramah Navajo Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic-related records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1965-ongoing

Volume: At least 5 volumes

Description: Sacramental records (baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Patrick Church and Good Shepherd and San Lorenzo Missions. 

 

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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