GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-42
St. Antonio de Padua Church
15071 North Highway 75
P.O. Box 460
Peñasco, NM 87553
Phone: 505-587-2111
History: San Antonio de Padua Church, Peñasco, Taos County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish with parishioners of Native (e.g. Mestizos, Tiwa) and non-Native American ancestry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico). Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at San Antonio have attended to San Lorenzo Mission, Picuris Pueblo, Picuris Reservation, 1879-present.
San Lorenzo Mission, Picuris Pueblo:
1600s-1726 |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) from an unknown mission, established and attended to San Lorenzo Mission, Picuris Pueblo |
1726-1820 |
Franciscans at St. John’s, Ohkay Owingeh/ San Juan, attended to San Lorenzo |
1820-1850 |
Franciscans from an unknown mission attended to San Lorenzo |
1850-1880s |
Became a parish; Santa Fe diocesan priests administered San Lorenzo Church |
1866-1878 |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests at San Lorenzo attended to San Antonio de Padua Mission, Peñasco; became a parish |
1879-present |
Santa Fe archdiocesan priests at San Antonio, Peñasco, have attended to San Lorenzo |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1878-ongoing
Volume: Many entries among many volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Antonio de Padua Church and San Lorenzo Mission.
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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