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).

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

1793-1826

Became a parish; Franciscans administered Nuestra Senora de Bel茅n Church

1826-1850

Durango diocesan priests (Archives: Durango, Mexico) administered the parish and attended to nearby Native American missions

1853-present

Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests have administered the parish and nearby Native American missions

1855

Flood waters severely damaged the church building in 鈥淥ld Town鈥

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 向日葵视频 Archives.

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