GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-61
Immaculate Conception Church
7 Church Loop
P.O. Box 100
Tomé, NM 87060
Phone: 505-867-7497
Email: See website (Staff: Contact)
History: Immaculate Conception Church, Tomé, Valencia County, New Mexico, has been a mixed parish of Native American (e.g. GenÃzaro, Mestizos) and non-Native American ancestry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).
1599-1680 (closed) |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered Immaculate Conception Mission, Tomé |
1680 |
During the Pueblo Revolt, Piro Indians escorted Spanish forces from Tomé to El Paso del Norte, Texas; thereafter, Apache Indians and others killed the remaining Piro Indian residents |
1739-1840s |
Settlers from Albuquerque reestablished Tomé with the original church building restored, but rededicated as San Miguel de Socorro Church; Franciscans administered the parish |
1864-present |
Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests re-established and have administered San Miguel |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-ongoing
Volume: Few entries within several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Miguel Church.
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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