GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-65
Mission San Luis Rey
4070 Mission Avenue
Oceanside, CA 92057
Phone: 760-757-3250
History: Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside, San Diego County, California, had been a predominantly Native American (Cahuilla) parish in the Diocese of San Diego (Archives: San Diego, California).
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1798-1834 (closed) |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Luis Rey de Francia Mission (Cahuilla), Oceanside |
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1835-1846 (sold) |
Cahuilla Indians administered San Luis Rey Mission ranch; in 1846, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (Shoshoni, 1805-1866?) served as alcalde [mayor] of the mission |
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1865-1880 (Natives diminished) |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests administered San Luis Rey |
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1880-1890 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at San Juan Capistrano Mission attended to San Luis Rey |
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1890-1892 |
Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests administered San Luis Rey |
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Ca. 1886-1892 |
A fire destroyed some sacramental records at San Luis Rey |
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1892-ca. 1900s (few Natives) |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) administered San Luis Rey |
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1890-1904 (transferred to Monterey-Los Angeles Diocese) |
Franciscans at San Luis Rey attended to San Antonio de Pala Mission (Cahuilla, Cupeño, Kumiai), Pala |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1865-1886, 1892-ca. 1904
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of San Luis Rey Mission.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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