GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-10

Our Lady of Belén Church
101-A North Tenth Street
Belén, NM 87002

Phone: 505-864-8043
Email: See website (Contact Us)

 

Hours: See website (Contact Us)

 

History: Our Lady of Belén Church, Belén, Valencia County, New Mexico, has been a diverse parish with parishioners of Native (e.g. Genízaro, Mestizos) and non-Native American ancestry in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Archives: Santa Fe, New Mexico).

1741-1793	Native Americans settled Belén and Franciscans (Santa Cruz College) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) at St. Augustine’s, Isleta, attended to Belén station
1793-1826	Became a parish; Franciscans administered Nuestra Senora de Belén Church
1826-1850	Durango diocesan priests (Archives: Durango, Mexico) administered the parish and attended to nearby Native American missions
1853-present	Santa Fe arch/diocesan priests have administered the parish and nearby Native American missions
1855	Flood waters severely damaged the church building in “Old Town”
1860	Parishioners built a new church building in “New Town”

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1850s-ongoing

Volume: Many records in several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Belén Church.

 

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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