GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-51

Mission San José y San Miguel
701 East Pyron Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78214

Phone 210-922-0543

 

History: San José y San Miguel Mission, San Antonio, Texas, has been a parish of predominantly of Native American ancestry (e.g. Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, Mestizos) in the Archdiocese of San Antonio (Archives: San Antonio, Texas).

1720-1824 (closed)

Franciscans (College of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Zacatecas) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission (Apache, Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Karankawa)

1859-1868

Benedictines (St. Vincent Archabbey) (Archives: Latrobe, Pennsylvania) reopened and administered San José y San Miguel

1872-ca. 1889

Holy Fathers of Notre Dame (unknown) administered San José y San Miguel intermittently   

1876-1911

San Antonio diocesan priests at San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, attended to San José y San Miguel

1911-1922

Claretians (Western Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, attended to San José y San Miguel

1922-1931

Redemptorists (Denver Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) administered San José y San Miguel

1932-present

Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province, St. Louis, Missouri) have administered San José y San Miguel

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: [1932?]-ongoing

Volume: Many entries among multiple volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for parishioners of Native American descent at Mission San José y San Miguel.

 

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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