GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-13

El Santuario de Chimay贸
10 State Road 76
Chimay贸, NM 87522

Phone: 505-351-4360

 

History: El Santuario de Chimay贸, Chimay贸, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, has been a shrine in he Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).

1816

A local Catholic layman built the Santuario de Nuestro Se帽or de Esquipulas as a devotional site for the local community, which is of mixed Native (e.g. Gen铆zaro, Mestizos) and non-Native American ancestry

1929

Preservationists conveyed ownership to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

1970

El Santuario was designated a National Historical Landmark, which attracts over 30,000 visitors per year

1981, 1996, 2010

Visitors have included Native American attendees of the national Tekakwitha Conference for Native American Catholics when hosted in Albuquerque in July or August by local Native American Catholics of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.

 

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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