GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-11
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
177 East Eighth Street
P.O. Box 2550
Florence, AZ 85132
Phone: 520-868-5940
Email: assumptionbvmflorence@yahoo.com
History: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Phoenix (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona). The parish has had a few Pima Indian parishioners. It has been administered by Phoenix diocesan priests, 1969-present, and previously, it was administered by Tucson diocesan priests who attended to these Native American missions and stations:
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1873-1894 |
Gila River Reservation station (Pima) |
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1873-1894 |
Salt River Reservation station (Pima) |
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1882-1883 (transferred to Immaculate Heart, Phoenix) |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Pima, Yaqui), Tempe
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1902-1910 (transferred to St. John鈥檚, Laveen) |
St. Anthony Mission (Pima), Sacaton, Gila River Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
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