GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-22
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and School
131 South Zaragosa
El Paso, TX 79907
Phone: 915-859-9848
Email: info@ysletamission.org
History: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, El Paso, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Texas, has been a predominantly Native American (Tiwa [Ysleta] parish in the Diocese of El Paso (Archives: El Paso, Texas).
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1680 |
Piro, Tano, Tiwa, and Jemez Indian refugees fled the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico, and the missions of San Gregorio de Ab贸, Nuestra Se帽ora de Pur铆sima Concepci贸n de Quarai, San Buenaventura de las Gran Quivira (near Mountainair), Sevilleta, Alamillo, Senec煤 del Norte, and Socorro. |
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1682-1882 |
Franciscans (later St. Paul Custody, Santa Fe, New Mexico) established and administered Corpus Christi/ San Antonio de la Ysleta Mission (Tiwa), El Paso/ Ysleta, Texas |
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1682 |
Isleta Indians from Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, joined the El Paso are Native settlements, which became known as Ysleta (named after Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico), Socorro (named after Socorro, New Mexico) and San Elizario |
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1852-1874 |
Franciscans attended Corpus Christi from La Pur铆sima, Socorro, Texas |
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1874 |
Corpus Christi was renamed Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission |
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1881-1891, 1894-1990 |
Jesuits (M茅xico Province, Mexico City, Mexico) administered Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
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1907 |
Fire devastated Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
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1919-1922 |
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (M茅xico-Cuba, United States Provinces) (Archives: Los Angeles, California) established and staffed Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Tiwa) |
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1922-1980s |
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (New Orleans Province) (Archives: San Antonio, Texas) staffed the school |
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1980s-present |
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and lay teachers staffed the school |
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1990-1992 |
Became a parish; El Paso diocesan priests administered Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, El Paso, Ysleta del Sur Reservation |
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1992-2010s |
Conventual Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Custody) (Las Cruces, New Mexico) administered Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
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2010s-present |
El Paso diocesan priests administered Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: Ca. 1880-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 4 cubic feet
Description: The records at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church are not arranged according to a classification scheme. Consequently, description is by type of record.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: Ca. 1880-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 2 cubic feet
Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
/2 School records
Inclusive dates: 1916-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 2 cubic feet
Description: Student records for Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.
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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