GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Ohio: OH-3
Comboni Missionaries. North American Province
1318 Nagal Road
Cincinnati, OH 45255
Phone: 513-474-4997
Email: info@combonimissionaries.org
History: The Comboni Missionaries (a.k.a. Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, Verona Fathers), self-identify with the post-nominal initials, “M.C.C.J.” They made their first U.S. foundation, 1939, established a North American Province, and evangelized Native Americans through these missions in California:
1950-1999 (transferred to Barnabites) |
Mission San Antonio de Pala (Cahuilla, Kumiai, Cupeño), Pala, Pala Reservation |
1950-1980 (transferred to San Diego Diocese) |
Santa Ysabel Mission (Kumiai, Cupeño, Yuma), Santa Ysabel, Santa Ysabel Reservation |
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Ӱ Archives.
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