GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-44

San Lorenzo Church
3928 Ice Cave Road
Ramah, NM 87321
P.O. Box 267
Vander Wagen, NM 87326

Phone: 505-783-4301

 

History: San Lorenzo Church, Ramah (Tinaja), McKinley County, New Mexico, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Navajo, Zuni) parish near the Ramah Navajo Reservation in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).

1935-1981	Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) at St. Anthony’s, Zuni, established and attended San Lorenzo Chapel
1976-2002	Adrian Dominican Sisters (Archives: Adrian, Michigan) and Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People (Archives: Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) served San Lorenzo with religious education and pastoral ministry
1981-1999	Gallup diocesan priests administered San Lorenzo
1999-present	Gallup diocesan priests at St. Patrick’s, Chi Chil Tah, have attended San Lorenzo
2002-present	Missionaries of Charity (United States Foundation) (Archives: Bronx, New York) have served San Lorenzo with religious education and pastoral ministry

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1900-ongoing

Volume: Ca. 1 cubic foot  

Description: The records at San Lorenzo Mission were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, description is by record type.

 

/1 Sacramental records

Inclusive dates: 1965-ongoing

Volume: 5 volumes

Description: Records (baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of San Lorenzo Church. 

 

/2 Other Records

Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-ongoing

Volume: Several folders

Description: Clippings, scrapbooks, parish reports, photographs, and financial records for Good Shepherd Mission, Pinehaven, St. Patrick Church, Chichiltah, and San Lorenzo Church.   

 

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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