GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-84
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcal谩. Library
10818 San Diego Mission Road
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 619-283-7319
Hours: By appointment only
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
History: Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcal谩, San Diego, California, is a former Native American (e.g. Kumiai, Cahuilla) parish in the Diocese of San Diego (Archives: San Diego, California).
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1769-1834 |
St. Jun铆pero Serra, O.F.M. [Franciscans], and Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Diego de Alcal谩 Mission (e.g. Kumiai, Cahuilla) |
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1774 |
Franciscans moved San Diego Mission |
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1775 |
Native Americans destroyed San Diego Mission, which was rebuilt under Serra |
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1834-1840 |
Sonoran diocesan priests (Archives: Hermosillo, Mexico) administered San Diego Mission |
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1840-1853 (closed) |
Monterey/ Two Californias diocesan priests (Archives: Monterey, California) administered San Diego Mission |
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1862-1907 (no longer Native) |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests (Archives: Mission Hills, California) administered San Diego Mission
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1887-1907 (school moved to Banning) |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Los Angeles Province) (Archives: Los Angeles, California) established and staffed St. Anthony School (e.g. Kumiai, Cahuilla) at San Diego Mission |
Franciscans and diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel Mission:
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1818-1834 |
Franciscans at San Diego Mission established and attended to Santa Ysabel Mission (Campo), Santa Ysabel |
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1834-1853 |
Two Californias diocesan priests at San Diego Mission established and attended to Santa Ysabel Mission (Campo), Santa Ysabel |
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1862-1922 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel |
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1922-1925 (became a parish) |
Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1775-1990
Volume: Ca. 4 cubic feet
Description: The records at Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcal谩 were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a 蜜桃影像 archivist, 2006. Consequently, this description is by record type.
/1 鈥淟incoln Document鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1862
Volume: 1 letter
Description: Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, which restored Catholic Church title to the lands of San Diego de Alcal谩 Mission.
/2 鈥淪acramental Records鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1775-1932
Volume: 10 volumes
Description: Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials at San Diego Mission and its attended Native American missions and stations:
A. San Diego de Alcal谩 Mission, 1775-1907?, 9 volumes
B. El Cajon, Holy Trinity Church, 1917-1932; includes Anzia, Campo, Capitan Grande, Conejas, Descanso, El Cajon, Jamaca, Jamul, Julian, Lakeside, Lakeview, Le Man, Mesa Grande, Otay, Palm City, Ramona, San Felippe, Santa Ysabel, Santee, Sycuan, and Warner鈥檚 Ranch; 1 volume (copy)
/3 鈥淩eference Files鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1805-1990
Volume: Ca. 3 cubic feet
Description: Articles, correspondence (mostly copies), clippings, and photographs, re: San Diego de Alcal谩 and other missions and schools mostly in the San Diego Diocese; notable primary documents include:
A. La Pointe, Rev. Edmond (1873-1932), 1922-1974, 1 folder: correspondence and photographs
B. San Diego, St. Anthony School, 1895-1978, 1 folder: correspondence, history notes, clippings, and photographs
C. San Diego, San Diego de Alcal谩 Mission, 1778-1990, 4 folders: cemetery map, correspondence (copies), history notes, clippings, and photographs
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 蜜桃影像 Archives.
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