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GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-84

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá. Library
10818 San Diego Mission Road
San Diego, CA 92108

Phone: 619-283-7319

 

Hours: By appointment only

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, San Diego, California, is a former Native American (e.g. Kumiai, Cahuilla) parish in the Diocese of San Diego (Archives: San Diego, California).

1769-1834	St. Junípero Serra, O.F.M. [Franciscans], and Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Diego de Alcalá Mission (e.g. Kumiai, Cahuilla)
1774	Franciscans moved San Diego Mission
1775	Native Americans destroyed San Diego Mission, which was rebuilt under Serra
1834-1840	Sonoran diocesan priests (Archives: Hermosillo, Mexico) administered San Diego Mission
1840-1853 (closed)	Monterey/ Two Californias diocesan priests (Archives: Monterey, California) administered San Diego Mission
1862-1907 (no longer Native)	Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests (Archives: Mission Hills, California) administered San Diego Mission
1887-1907 (school moved to Banning)	Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Los Angeles Province) (Archives: Los Angeles, California) established and staffed St. Anthony School (e.g. Kumiai, Cahuilla) at San Diego Mission

Franciscans and diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel Mission:

1818-1834	Franciscans at San Diego Mission established and attended to Santa Ysabel Mission (Campo), Santa Ysabel
1834-1853	Two Californias diocesan priests at San Diego Mission established and attended to Santa Ysabel Mission (Campo), Santa Ysabel
1862-1922	Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel
1922-1925 (became a parish)	Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests at San Diego Mission attended to Santa Ysabel

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1775-1990

Volume: Ca. 4 cubic feet

Description: The records at Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a 51���� archivist, 2006. Consequently, this description is by record type.

 

/1 “Lincoln Document”

Inclusive dates: 1862

Volume: 1 letter

Description: Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, which restored Catholic Church title to the lands of San Diego de Alcalá Mission.

 

/2 “Sacramental Records”

Inclusive dates: 1775-1932

Volume: 10 volumes

Description: Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials at San Diego Mission and its attended Native American missions and stations:

A. San Diego de Alcalá Mission, 1775-1907?, 9 volumes

B. El Cajon, Holy Trinity Church, 1917-1932; includes Anzia, Campo, Capitan Grande, Conejas, Descanso, El Cajon, Jamaca, Jamul, Julian, Lakeside, Lakeview, Le Man, Mesa Grande, Otay, Palm City, Ramona, San Felippe, Santa Ysabel, Santee, Sycuan, and Warner’s Ranch; 1 volume (copy)

 

/3 “Reference Files”

Inclusive dates: 1805-1990

Volume: Ca. 3 cubic feet

Description: Articles, correspondence (mostly copies), clippings, and photographs, re: San Diego de Alcalá and other missions and schools mostly in the San Diego Diocese; notable primary documents include:

A. La Pointe, Rev. Edmond (1873-1932), 1922-1974, 1 folder: correspondence and photographs

B. San Diego, St. Anthony School, 1895-1978, 1 folder: correspondence, history notes, clippings, and photographs

C. San Diego, San Diego de Alcalá Mission, 1778-1990, 4 folders: cemetery map, correspondence (copies), history notes, clippings, and photographs

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 51���� Archives.

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