GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-25
San Diego Church
475 Mission Road
P.O. Box 79
Jemez Pueblo, NM 87024
Phone: 505-834-7300
History: San Diego Church, Jemez Pueblo, Jemez Reservation, New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (Jemez) parish in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).
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1598-1639 |
Fray Alonzo de Lugo, O.F.M., and the Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San José de Giusewa Mission (Jemez), Jemez Springs, and San Diego de la Concepción Mission (Jemez), Jemez Pueblo/ Walatowa |
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1639 |
San José was combined with San Diego Mission |
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1744-1852 |
Franciscans reestablished and administered San Diego Mission |
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1838 |
Residents of Pecos Pueblo consolidated with Jemez Pueblo, which was also a Towa-speaking tribe |
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1852-1856 |
Santa Fe diocesan priests at St. Dominic, Santo Domingo, attended to San Diego |
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1858-1902 |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests administered San Diego |
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1902-1985 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) administered San Diego; the current church was built ca. 1906 with the original mission maintained as a chapel |
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1906-1999 |
Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration (Immaculate Heart of Mary Province, St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Colorado Springs, Colorado) established and staffed the San Diego/ Jemez Day School (Jemez) |
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1985-present |
Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) have administered San Diego |
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1997-present (transferred to a community corporation) |
The school became first an independent Catholic school named “San Diego Riverside School” and then a public charter school renamed “San Diego Riverside Charter School” |
Franciscans and Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests at San Diego attended to the following Native American missions in New Mexico:
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1856-present |
St. Anne/ Santa Ana Mission (Santa Ana [Keresan]), Santa Ana Pueblo, Santa Ana Reservation |
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1858-present |
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Jemez), Canyon/ Cañon de Jemez, Jemez Reservation |
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1858-2010s (closed) |
San Isidro/ San Ysidro Mission (Jemez), San Ysidro, Jemez Reservation |
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1889-1892 (closed) |
Zia School (Zia [Keresan]), Zia Pueblo, Zia Reservation |
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1890-present |
Our Lady of the Assumption/ Neustra Señora de la Asunción Mission (Zia), Zia Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1905-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.5 cubic feet
Description: Sacramental records (baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Diego Mission and its Native American missions; in Latin to 1930s.
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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