GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-56
San Miguel de Socorro Church
403 El Camino Real
Socorro, NM 87801
Phone: 575-835-2891
Email: smiguel@sdc.org
History: San Miguel de Socorro Church, Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish with parishioners of Native (e.g. Genízaro, Mestizos) and non-Native American ancestry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).
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1598-1680 (closed) |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo Socorro Mission (Piro), Socorro/ Tepana Pueblo |
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1680 |
During the Pueblo Revolt, most Piro Indians escorted Spanish forces from Socorro to El Paso del Norte, Texas; thereafter, Apache Indians and others killed the remaining Piro Indian residents |
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1810s-1840s |
Socorro was reestablished with the original church building restored, but rededicated as San Miguel de Socorro Church; Franciscans administered the parish |
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1864-present |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests re-established and have administered San Miguel |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-ongoing
Volume:Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Miguel 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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