GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-11
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
177 East Eighth Street
P.O. Box 2550
Florence, AZ 85132
Phone: 520-868-5940
Email: assumptionbvmflorence@yahoo.com
History: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Phoenix (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona). The parish has had a few Pima Indian parishioners. It has been administered by Phoenix diocesan priests, 1969-present, and previously, it was administered by Tucson diocesan priests who attended to these Native American missions and stations:
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1873-1894 |
Gila River Reservation station (Pima) |
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1873-1894 |
Salt River Reservation station (Pima) |
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1882-1883 (transferred to Immaculate Heart, Phoenix) |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Pima, Yaqui), Tempe
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1902-1910 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Anthony Mission (Pima), Sacaton, Gila River Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1870-1941 bulk
Volume: Few entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and its attended Native American missions and stations.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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