GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico:NM-2
San Esteban del Rey Church
266 Pueblo Road
Acoma Pueblo, NM 87034
P.O. Box 1000
Laguna Pueblo, NM 82076
Phone: 505-552-6403
History: San Estaban del Rey Church, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (Acoma [Keresan]) parish in Acoma Pueblo, Acoma Reservation, and in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).
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1629-1680 (closed) |
Fray Juan Ramirez, O.F.M. established and Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) administered San Estevan del Rey de Ácoma Mission |
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1699-1848 |
Franciscans reestablished and administered San Estevan |
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1848-1854 |
Santa Fe diocesan priests at San Francisco, Santa Fe, attended to San Estevan |
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1854-1850s |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at San Augustin, Isleta Pueblo, attended to San Estevan |
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1850s-1880s |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Seboyeta, attended to San Estevan |
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1880s |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at San Augustin, Isleta Pueblo, attended to San Estevan |
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1880s-1892 |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at San Rafael, Milan, attended to San Estevan |
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1892-1900 |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Seboyeta, attended to San Estevan |
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1900-1920 |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at Sacred Heart, Gallup, attended to San Estevan |
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1930-1950 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) at St. Joseph’s, Laguna Pueblo, attended to San Estevan |
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1950-1966 |
Franciscans at St. Joseph’s, San Fidel, attended to San Estevan |
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1966-1985 |
Became a parish; Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) administered San Estevan |
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1985-2000 |
Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) administered San Estevan del Rey Church |
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2000s-present |
Franciscans at St. Joseph’s, Laguna Pueblo, have attended to San Estevan |
Franciscans at San Estevan and at St. Joseph’s, Laguna Pueblo, have attended to the Acoma Indian missions of Acoma Pueblo:
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1966-present |
St. Anne Mission, Acomita |
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1966-present |
Santa Maria de Acoma Mission, McCarty’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1850?-ongoing
Volume: Numerous volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of San Estaban del Rey Church and St. Anne and Santa Maria de Acoma Missions. Some records remain at St. Joseph Church, Laguna; record gaps prior to 1920.
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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