GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Utah: UT-4

St. Joseph Church
365 South Main Street
P.O. Box 518
Monticello, UT 84535

Phone: 435-259-5211

 

History: St. Joseph Church, Monticello, Utah, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with some Native American (Navajo, Paiute, Ute) parishioners in the Diocese of Salt Lake City (Archives: Salt Lake City, Utah). St. Joseph’s has been administered by Salt Lake City diocesan priests (1959-1999) and Jesuits (2000-present) who have attended to the following Native American missions in Utah:

1959-1985 (transferred to St. Pius X, Moab)	Sacred Heart Mission (Navajo, in part), La Sal; near Navajo Reservation
1982-present	St. Nicholas Mission (Ute), Blanding; near Southern Ute Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1959-ongoing

Volume: Several entries among several volumes 

Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of St. Joseph Church, Sacred Heart Mission and St. Nicholas Missions.

 

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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