GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-52
Mission San Juan Capistrano
9101 Graf Road
P.O. Box 14308
San Antonio, TX 78214
Phone: 210-534-3161
History: Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio, Texas, has been a parish of predominantly Native American descent (e.g. Coahuiltecan, Mestizos) in the Archdiocese of San Antonio (Archives: San Antonio, Texas).
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1731-1794 |
Franciscans (formerly Santa Cruz; then Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe College, Zacatecas, Mexico) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Juan Capistrano Mission (Coahuiltecan) until secularized; it had been renamed and relocated from San José de los Nazonis, now Austin, Texas |
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1794-1813 |
Franciscans at San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, attended to Mission San Juan Capistrano |
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1813-1824 (closed) |
Franciscans at San José y Miguel de Aguayo, San Antonio, attended to Mission San Juan Capistrano |
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1840-1876 |
Galveston/ Texas diocesan priests at San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, attended to Mission San Juan Capistrano |
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1876-1911 |
San Antonio diocesan priests at San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, attended to Mission San Juan Capistrano |
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1911-1920s |
Claretians (Western Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, attended to Mission San Juan Capistrano intermittently |
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1960s-1994 |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, attended to Mission San Juan Capistrano |
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1994-present |
Became a parish; San Antonio archdiocesan priests have administered San Juan Capistrano |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: [1994?]-ongoing
Volume: Many entries
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for parishioners of Native American descent at San Juan Capistrano 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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