GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-14

Catholic Church. Diocese of Dallas. Archives and Museum
3725 Blackburn Street
P.O. Box 190507
Dallas, TX 75219

Phone: 214-528-2240
Email: archives@cathdal.org

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions 

Copying Facilities: Yes 

 

History: The Diocese of Dallas was erected, 1890, from territory in the Diocese of Galveston. The Dallas Diocese administered the following missions among Native Americans in Texas:

1682-present (Dallas, 1890-1914)	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church/ Mission Corpus Christi de la Isleta Mission (Tiwa [Ysleta]), El Paso/ Ysleta del Sur
1683-1687, 1715-1717, 1730-1810 (closed) (Dallas, 1890)	La Navidad en las Cruces Mission (Jumano), Presidio
1684-unknown (Dallas, 1890)	Santa María de la Redonda de los Cibolos Mission (Jumano), Shafter
1872-1900s (no longer Native) (Dallas, 1890-1900s)	San Elizario Mission (Tiwa, Mestizos), San Elizario
1881-1900s (no longer Native) (Dallas, 1890-1900s)	Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Soccoro Mission (Tiwa, Mestizos) Socorro/ Socorro del Sur

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: Between 1890-1914  

Volume: Few letters

Description: Bishops’ Papers, re: visitations to El Paso, which refers to the Tiwa Ysleta Indians as “Mexicans.”

A. Bishop Thomas Francis Brennan (1855-1916), 1891-1892

B. Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne (1848-1910), 1893-1910

C. Bishop Joseph P. Lynch (1872-1954), 1911-1914

 

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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