GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-46
Santa Cruz de la Cañada Church
100 Church Street
P.O. Box 1228
Santa Cruz, NM 87567
Phone: 505-455-3549
History: Santa Cruz de la Cañada Church, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish with parishioners predominantly of Native American ancestry (e.g. Genízaro, Mestizos) in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).
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1695 |
The Spanish began to settle Santa Cruz de la Cañada while many local Tewa Indians moved to First Mesa in the Hopi Pueblo Nation |
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1730s-1840s |
Franciscans (Santa Cruz College) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered Santa Cruz de la Cañada Church (Mestizos) |
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1840s-1850 |
Durango diocesan priests (Archives: Durango, Mexico) administered Santa Cruz |
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1859-1920 |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests administered Santa Cruz |
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1920-present |
Sons of the Holy Family (Archives: Silver Spring, Maryland) have administered Santa Cruz |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests and Sons of the Holy Family at Santa Cruz attended to the following Native American (Tewa) missions in New Mexico:
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1859-1959 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Nambe Pueblo) |
Mission San Francisco, Nambe Pueblo, Nambe Reservation |
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1879-1959 (became a parish) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission, Pojoaque Pueblo, Pojoaque Reservation |
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1880-1947 (transferred to San Francisco, Santa Fe) |
Santa Clara Mission, Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Reservation |
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1880-1947 (transferred to San Francisco, Santa Fe) |
San Ildefonso Mission, San Ildefonso Pueblo, San Ildefonso Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Santa Cruz de la Cañada Church and its attended missions. Some records had been destroyed in a fire. See also the guide entry for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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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