GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-93

St. Joseph Church
23600 Soboba Road
P.O. Box 1027
San Jacinto, CA 92581

Phone: 951-654-2086
Email: stjoseph.sanjacinto@sbdiocese.org

 

History: St. Joseph Church, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California, has been a predominantly Native American (Cahuilla) parish in the Diocese of San Bernardino (Archives: San Bernardino, California).

1888-1893

Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Bernardine’s, San Bernardino, established and attended to St. Joseph Mission (Cahuilla)

1894-1903

Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Francis, Riverside, attended to St. Joseph’s

1904-1906

Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Boniface School, Banning, attended to St. Joseph’s

1907-1922

Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s, San Jacinto, attended to St. Joseph’s

1922-1936

Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s attended to St. Joseph’s

1936-1978

San Diego diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s, San Jacinto, attended to St. Joseph’s

1978-2000

Became a parish; Holy Ghost Fathers (Western Province) (Archives: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) administered St. Joseph Church

2001-present

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (United States Province) (Archives: Aurora, Illinois) have administered St. Joseph’s

2001-present

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart at St. Joseph’s, San Jacinto, have attended to St. Mary Mission (Cahuilla, Serrano), Morongo, Morongo Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1978-ongoing

Volume: Few volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Joseph Church and St. Mary Mission.

For sacramental records of St. Joseph Mission -- see -- the guide entry for St. Anthony Church, San Jacinto, California.

 

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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