GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-50
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
10040 Espada Road
San Antonio, TX 78214
Phone: 210-627-2064
History: Mission San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, Texas, has been a parish of predominantly of Native American ancestry (e.g. Coahuiltecan, Mestizos) in the Archdiocese of San Antonio (Archives: San Antonio, Texas). It was first established as Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas.
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1690-1731 |
With crucial support from Tlaxcala Indians (Tlaxcala, Mexico), Franciscans (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe College) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and relocated the mission (Coahuiltecan) in East Texas |
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1731-1794 |
In present-day San Antonio, Texas, Franciscans administered Mission San Francisco until secularized |
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1795-1824 |
Linares diocesan priests (Monterrey, Mexico) administered the mission (Mestizos) |
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1858-1902 |
Galveston/Texas diocesan priests administered the mission |
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1902-1907 (closed) |
San Antonio diocesan priests administered the mission |
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1915-ca. 1920 |
Claretians (Western Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) at San Fernando Cathedral reestablished and attended to Mission San Francisco |
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ca. 1920-1967 |
Claretians and Redemptorists (Denver Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) administered the mission |
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1967-present |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) have administered the mission |
Franciscans, diocesan priests, and Clarentians at San Francisco de la Espada attended the following missions in San Antonio:
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1876-1911 |
San José y San Miguel Mission |
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1876-1994 |
San Jose Capistrano Mission |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing
Volume: Many entries among multiple volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for parishioners of Native American descent at San Francisco de la Espada Mission.
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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