GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-40
St. Anthony Church
Main Street Highway 63
HC 70, Box 23
Pecos, NM 87552
Phone: 505-757-6345
History: St. Anthony Church, Pecos, San Miguel County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish of parishioners with Native (e.g. Genizaro, Mestizos, Jemez) and non-Native American ancestry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).
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1619-1829 (closed) |
Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission served Pecos Pueblo |
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1838 |
Residents of Pecos Pueblo (Towa) emigrated to Jemez Pueblo (Jemez), which spoke the same language |
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ca. 1839-1953, 1969-present |
On August 2nd or on the following Sunday, the parishioners of St. Anthony/ San Antonio de Pecos Church have continued the annual feast-day celebration honoring Porciuncula with a procession from St. Anthony’s to Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission, now in Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, New Mexico |
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1970-present |
Descendants of Pecos Pueblo at Jemez Pueblo have participated in the celebration |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1700, 1870-present
Volume: At least .5 cubic foot
Description: The records at St. Anthony Church were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, description is by type of record.
/1 Painting of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula
Inclusive dates: ca. 1700
Volume: 1 item plus digital image
Description: Image from a restored painting at Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission.
/2 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1870-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among many volumes
Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Anthony Church.
/3 125th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet
Inclusive dates: 1987
Volume: 1 volume
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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