GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-37
St. John the Baptist Church and Sainte Chapelle Chapel
185 Po’Pay Avenue
P.O. Box 1075
Ohkay Owingeh, NM 87566
Phone: 505-852-4179
Email: sanjuanparish@live.com
Email: See website
Hours (Office): See website
History: St. John the Baptist Church, Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (Tewa) parish in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of the oldest continually active Catholic parishes in the United States.
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1598-1680, 1692-1852 |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered St. John the Baptist/ San Juan de Los Caballeros Chapel (Tewa), Ohkay Owingeh/ San Juan Pueblo |
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1852-present |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests have administered St. John’s |
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1887-1896 |
Santa Fe diocesan priests established and staffed San Juan School (Tewa) at the parish |
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1889-present |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests established and administered Sainte Chapelle Chapel (Tewa) at the parish |
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1925-1929 |
Dominican Sisters. Congregation of our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Archives: Dominican Sisters of Peace, Columbus, Ohio) staffed the school |
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1929-1949 |
Dominican Sisters. Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dominic of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Archives: Dominican Sisters of Peace, Columbus, Ohio) staffed the school |
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1949-1968 (closed) |
Dominican Sisters (Dominican Sisters of the Third Order of St. Dominic) (Archives: Dominican Sisters of Peace, Columbus, Ohio) staffed the school |
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2010s-present |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at St. John’s have attended to the Tewa Missions of San Diego Church, Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Clara Church, Santa Clara Pueblo, and San Ildefonso Church, San Ildefonso Pueblo |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1898-ongoing
Volume: Over 13 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. John the Baptist Church, Ohkay Owingeh.
For a history of the Tewa Missions of San Diego Church, Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Clara Church, Santa Clara Pueblo, and San Ildefonso Church, San Ildefonso Pueblo, and a description of their sacramental records -- see -- the guide entry under Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, Tewa 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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