GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-10
Our Lady of Bel茅n Church
101-A North Tenth Street
Bel茅n, NM 87002
Phone: 505-864-8043
Email: See website (Contact Us)
Hours: See website (Contact Us)
History: Our Lady of Bel茅n Church, Bel茅n, Valencia County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish with parishioners of Native (e.g. Gen铆zaro, Mestizos) and non-Native American ancestry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).
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1741-1793 |
Native Americans settled Bel茅n and Franciscans (Santa Cruz College) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) at St. Augustine鈥檚, Isleta, attended to Bel茅n station |
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1793-1826 |
Became a parish; Franciscans administered Nuestra Senora de Bel茅n Church |
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1826-1850 |
Durango diocesan priests (Archives: Durango, Mexico) administered the parish and attended to nearby Native American missions |
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1853-present |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests have administered the parish and nearby Native American missions |
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1855 |
Flood waters severely damaged the church building in 鈥淥ld Town鈥� |
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1860 |
Parishioners built a new church building in 鈥淣ew Town鈥� |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1850s-ongoing
Volume: Many records in several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Bel茅n Church.
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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