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

Sacred Heart Church
414 North Allen Avenue
Farmington, NM 87401

Phone: 505-325-9743

 

History: Sacred Heart Church and School, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish with parishioners of Native (e.g. Genízaro, Mestizos, Navajo) and non-Native American ancestry in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).

1910-1990s	Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) established and administered Sacred Heart Church
1919-1990s	Ursulines (Congregation of Paris, Mount St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Maple Mount, Kentucky) established and staffed Sacred Heart School (Navajo, in part)
1990s-present	Gallup diocesan priests have administered Sacred Heart

Franciscans and Ursulines at Sacred Heart attended to the following mission and school in New Mexico:

1910-1940s (became a parish)	Franciscans at Sacred Heart Church attended to St. Francis of Assisi Mission (Apache), Lumberton
1919-1950s	Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) at Sacred Heart School staffed Waterflow School and Academy (Navajo, in part), Waterflow

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1910-ongoing

Volume: Several entries among several volumes

Description: Sacramental (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) and school records for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart Church and School and St. Francis of Assisi 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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