GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-21

St. Francis of Assisi Church
411 North Second Street
Gallup, NM 87301

Phone: 505-863-3033

 

St. Francis of Assisi School
215 West Wilson Street
Gallup, NM 87301

Phone: 505-863-3145

 

History: St. Francis of Assisi Church and School, Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico, has been a mixed parish with Native (e.g. Navajo) and non-Native American parishioners in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).

1943-1985	Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) established and administered St. Francis of Assisi Church (e.g. Navajo)
1954-1974	Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Archives: Kirkwood, Missouri) staffed St. Francis of Assisi School (e.g. Navajo)
1961-present	In part, lay teachers have also staffed the school
1974-1987	Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (United States Province) (Archives: Methune, Massachusetts) staffed the school
1983-present	In part, sisters of other congregations have staffed the school, including Sisters of St. Joseph (Archives: Baden, Pennsylvania), Adrian Dominican Sisters (Archives: Adrian, Michigan), Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (Archives: Freeport, Illinois), and Ursulines (Mount St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Maple Mount, Kentucky)
1985-present	Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) have administered St. Francis of Assisi Church

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1943-ongoing

Volume: At least 1 cubic foot   

Description: The records at St. Francis of Assisi Church and School were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is divided by record location and there under by record type.   

 

Parish Office:

/1 Sacramental Records

Inclusive dates: 1943-ongoing

Volume: Several entries among at least 9 volumes

Description: Baptisms (at least 6 volumes), first communions, confirmations, marriages, and burials for St. Francis of Assisi Church.  

 

School Office:

/2 School Records

Inclusive dates: 1954-present

Volume: Several files and pages

Description:

A. Student cumulative files, several files, between 1954-ongoing

B. Yearbooks and 50th anniversary commemorative booklet (2004) with history for St. Francis of Assisi School, 1990-ongoing, more than 10 volumes

 

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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