GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-47

Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
131 Cathedral Place
P.O. Box 2127
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Phone: 505-982-5619

 

History: The Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Few, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico). Santa Fe archdiocesan priests (1848-1900) and Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province [Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona], 1900-1985) (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province [Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona], 1985-2000) at St. Francis Cathedral had attended to the following Native American missions in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe:

1848-1854 (transferred to St. Augustine, Isleta)

San Estevan del Rey Mission (Acoma [Keresan]), Acoma Pueblo, Acoma Reservation 

1852-1854 (transferred to St. Augustine, Isleta)

San José Mission (Laguna [Keresan]), Laguna Pueblo, Laguna Reservation 

1852-1854 (transferred to St. Augustine, Isleta)

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission (Zuni), Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation

1852-1857 (transferred to Holy Cross, Santa Cruz)

San Francisco Mission (Tewa), Nambe Pueblo, Nambe Reservation 

1947-2000 (transferred to Franciscan Tewa Missions, Espanola, then Tewa Missions, Ohkay Owingeh)

San Diego Mission (Tewa), Tesuque Pueblo, Tesuque Reservation 

1853-1856 (transferred to San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso)

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission (Tewa), Pojoaque Pueblo, Pojoaque Reservation   

1947-2000 (transferred to Franciscan Tewa Missions, Espanola, then Tewa Missions, Ohkay Owingeh)

Santa Clara Mission (Tewa), Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Reservation 

1947-2000 (transferred to Franciscan Tewa Missions, Espanola, then Tewa Missions, Ohkay Owingeh)

San Ildefonso Mission (Tewa), San Ildefonso Pueblo, San Ildefonso Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1848-ongoing, bulk 1848-2000

Volume: Several entries among several volumes    

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi and its Native American 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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