GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Mexico: MX-8
Iglesia Católica. Arquidiócesis de Morelia
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Morelia
Costado Catedral, Frente Avenida Madero Pte. s/n, Apartado 17
C.P. 58000 Morelia, Michoacán, México
Teléfono: 52 4 312 0523
Teléfono: 52 4 312 3738
History: The Diocese of Michoacán was erected, 1536; elevated to the Archdiocese of Michoacán, 1863; and renamed the Archdiocese of Morelia, 1924. Morelia and its predecessors administered these Native American missions in present-day Louisiana and Texas:
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1690-1692 (closed) |
Santísimo Nombre de María Mission (Caddo), Augusta, Texas |
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1690-1794 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
San Francisco de la Espada/ San Francisco de los Neches/ Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas/ San Francisco de los Tejas Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Austin/ Alto/ Bowles Creek/ Augusta, Texas |
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1700-1793 (secularized) (Morelia, 1700-1777) |
San Antonio de Valero [El Alamo]/ San José/ San Francisco Solano/ San Ildefonso Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio, Texas/ San José/ Guerrero/ Zaragosa, Coahuila, Mexico |
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1716-1719 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1719) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission (Caddo), Nacogdoches, Texas |
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1717-1773 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1773) |
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission (Caddo) San Augustine, Texas |
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1716-1794 (closed) (Morelia, 1716-1777) |
Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
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1716-1794 (no longer Native) (Morelia, 1716-1777) |
San Juan Capistrano/ San José de los Nazonis Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Austin/ Cushing, Texas |
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1717-1773 (closed) (Morelia, 1717-1777) |
San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes Mission (Caddo), Robeline, Louisiana |
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1720-1824 (closed) (Morelia, 1720-1777) |
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission (Apache, Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Karankawa), San Antonio, Texas |
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1721-1773 (closed) (Morelia, 1721-1777) |
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission (Caddo), Nacogdoches, Texas |
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1722-1830 (closed) (Morelia, 1722-1777) |
Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga [La Bahía] Mission (Karankawa), Mission Valley/ Matagorda Bay, Texas |
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1722-1726 (closed) (Morelia, 1722-1726) |
San Francisco Xavier de Náxara Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio, Texas |
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1731-1819 (no longer Native) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
Purisima Concepcion/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais Mission (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
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1731-1819 (no longer Native) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
Mission Purisima Concepcion/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña/ Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais (Coahuiltecan), San Antonio/ Douglas, Texas |
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1748-1756 (closed) (Morelia, 1748-1756) |
San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas Mission (Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
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1748-1756 (closed) (Morelia, 1748-1756) |
San Ildefonso Mission (Caddo, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
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1749-1755 (closed) (Morelia, 1749-1755) |
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Mission (Caddo, Karankawa, Tonkawa), Rockdale, Texas |
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1754-1781, 1789-1807 (closed) (Morelia, 1754-1777) |
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Mission (Karankawa), Goliad County, Texas |
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1756-1772 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1777) |
Nuestra Señora de la Luz [El Orcoquisac] Mission (Karankawa), Wallisville, Texas |
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1756 (Morelia, 1756) |
San Agustín de Ahumada Presidio (Karankawa), Lower Neches and Trinity Rivers, Texas |
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1756-1758 (closed) (Morelia, 1756-1758) |
San Francisco Xavier Mission (Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, Tonkawa), Guadalupe River, New Braunfels, Texas |
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1757-1758 (closed) (Morelia, 1757-1758) |
San Saba de la Santa Cruz Mission (Apache), Menard, Texas |
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1762-1770 (closed) (Morelia, 1762-1770) |
San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission (Apache), Camp Wood, Texas |
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1731-1771 (closed) (Morelia, 1731-1771) |
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria del Cañón Mission (Apache), Montell, Texas |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States: Unknown.
Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.
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