GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-7

Queen of Angels Chapel
Interstate 40 at Twelfth Street Northwest
P.O. Box 6881
Albuquerque, NM 87197

Phone: 505-243-0835

 

History: Queen of Angels Chapel, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (e.g. Keresan, Navajo, Tewa, Jemez) parish in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).

1954-1985	Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) established and administered Queen of Angels Chapel (e.g. Navajo, Tewa, Jemez)
1954-1981	Franciscans at Queen of Angels attended to students at the Albuquerque Government Indian School (e.g. Navajo, Tewa, Jemez)
1985-present	Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) administered Queen of Angels
1993	The Archdiocese of Santa Fe designated Queen of Angels as the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1954-onoing

Volume: Several volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Queen of Angels Chapel and Native American students at the Albuquerque Government Indian School.  

 

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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