The geographic areas of New Mexico and Arizona are included in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe  and Dioceses of Gallup and Las Cruces (in New Mexico), and Dioceses of Phoenix, and Tuson (Arizona).

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The following links are for online Roman Catholic Archdiocese, Dioceses & Churches in New Mexico and Arizona.   For specifically Byzantine Catholic Churches of Arizona & New Mexico CLICK HERE for EASTERN CATHOLIC.
• Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico  [Diocese, 1850; Archdiocese, 1875¹]

   Chancery:  4000 St. Joseph's Pl. N. W.  - Albuquerque, NM  87120
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe encompasses the northern New Mexico Counties of Bernalillo, Catron, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, Taos, Sandoval, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Socorro, Torrance, Union and Valencia.
  History of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe
• Directory of Archdiocesan Offices and Agencies
• Parish and Mission Directory
• San Francisco de Asis Cathedral / St. Francis Cathedral

      213 Cathedral Place - Santa Fe, NM 87501-2028   Phone: (505) 982-5619.
Santa Fe
• San Francisco de Asis Cathedral / St. Francis Cathedral

      213 Cathedral Place - Santa Fe, NM 87501-2028   Phone: (505) 982-5619.
  New Mexico Online Highways: Historic Churches, St. Francis Cathedral.
• Cristo Rey Parish

   1120 Canyon Road -  Santa Fe, NM  Phone: (505) 983-8528.
• Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Community
• Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church Parish Office

    417 Agua Fria Street - Santa Fe, NM 87501-2505   Phone: (505) 983-8868.
• Saint Anne Parish

     511 Alicia Street - Santa Fe, NM 87501-3645   Phone: (505) 983-4430.
• San Isidro Parish

     Rr 6, Box 111 - Santa Fe, NM 87501   Phone: (505) 471-0710.
• St. John the Baptist Parish

     Phone: (505) 983-5034.
• The Loretto Chapel - includes HISTORY and the "Miraculous Staircase".

   207 Old Santa Fe Trail - Santa Fe, NM 87501  Phone: (505)-982-0092.
   "...Our Lady of Light Chapel was informally deconsecrated as a Catholic Chapel at the time of sale to a private family in 1971...Loretto Chapel is now a private museum operated and maintained, in part, for the preservation of the Miraculous Staircase and the Chapel itself..."
Albuquerque
• Church Of The Ascension Parish

     2150 Raymac Road SW - Albuquerque, NM  87105  Phone: (505) 877-8550.
• Our Lady of Help Byzantine Catholic Church - Albuquerque, NM

 includes Brief History
• John XXIII Parish

     4831 Tramway Ridge Drive, N.E.  Albuquerque, NM 87111
     Phone (505) 293-0088  -  Fax: (505) 293-7276.
• Our Lady of Fatima Parish
• Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish

    Church: 2621 Vermont NE - Albuquerque, NM  87110
    Office: 2532 Vermont NE - Albuquerque, NM  87110  Phone: (505) 298-7553.
• Our Lady of the Assumption Parish

   Phone: (505) 256-9818.
• Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish

    5415 Fortuna Rd. NW - Albuquerque, NM 87105
    Phone: (505) 836-5011
• Prince of Peace Parish

   12500 Carmel Ave. NE -  Albuquerque, NM 87122
• Queen of Angels Indian Chapel - Shrine of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

    I-40 at Twelfth St. NW - P.O. Box 6881 - Albuquerque, NM 87197
    Phone: (505) 243-0835.
• Queen of Heaven Parish

   Phone: (505)  881-1772.
• Risen Savior  Parish

   7701 Wyoming Blvd. NE - Albuquerque, NM 87109  Phone: (505) 821-1571.
• Sacred Heart Parish

   412 Stover Avenue SW - Albuquerque, NM 87102  Phone: (505) 242-0561.
• St. Anne Parish

   1400 Arenal Rd SW - Albuquerque, NM 87105  Phone: (505) 877-3121.
• St. Bernadette Parish

   Church:  11401 Indian School Road NE - Albuquerque, NM  87112-3161
   Mailing Address:  1800 Martha Street NE - Albuquerque, NM  87112-3161
   Phone: (505) 298-7557  Fax:  (505) 271-8099.
• St. Charles Borromeo Parish includes Parish History

   1818 Coal Place SE - Albuquerque, NM 87106  Phone: (505)  242-3462.
• St. Francis Xavier Parish

    817 Arno Street SE - Albuquerque, NM 87102  Phone: (505) 243-5201.
• St. Jude Thaddeus Parish

    5712 Paradise Blvd. NW - Albuquerque, NM 87114  Phone: (505) 898-0826.
• St. Therese Little Flower Parish

   300 Mildred Avenue NW - Albuquerque, NM 87107  Phone: (505) 344-8050.
Outside of the cities of Santa Fe and Albuquerque:
• Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish

   Abiquiu, Abiquiu, NM 87510    Phone: (505) 685-4462.
• Our Lady Of Sorrows Parish

    403 Valencia St, Las Vegas, NM 87701-3783   Phone: (505) 454-1469.
• Immaculate Conception Parish

    811 6th Street - Las Vegas, NM 87701-4305   Phone: (505) 425-7791.
• Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church Of Pojoaque Valley

   Pojoaque Vly, Pojoaque Valley, NM 87501   Phone: (505) 455-2472.
• Saint Helen Parish

   1600 South Avenue O - Portales, New Mexico 88130
    Phone: (505)356-4241 Fax: (505) 359-1721.
• Our Lady Of Guadalupe Parish

   Pena Blanca - Pena Blanca, NM 87041   Phone: (505) 465-2226.
• San Antonio de Padua Parish

   14079 State Road 75 - Penasco, NM 87553   Phone: (505) 587-2111.
• San Miguel Parish

   Socorro, NM  Phone: (505) 835-2891.

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• Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico  [est. 1982]  Map of Diocese

  Chancery:  1280 Med Park Dr. - Las Cruces, NM  88005
(Serves the 10 southern New Mexico Counties of Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero and Sierra.)
• Parishes and Missions Directory
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral

   1240 S. Espina - Las Cruces, NM 88001  Phone: (505) 524-8563
• Holy Cross Parish - 1327 N. Miranda - Las Cruces, NM 88005
• St. Edward Parish - 209 N. Guadalupe - Carlsbad, NM 88220 EDDY COUNTY

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• Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona (official) [est. 1969] (Maricopa county, AZ)

   Chancery:  400 E. Monroe Street - Phoenix, AZ  85004   Phone: (602) 257- 0030.
The Diocese of Phoenix encompasses the western and central counties of Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino, and the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal County (with the exception of the territorial boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation).
• Site includes Parish Directory
• Catholic Cemeteries and Catholic Cemeteries site.
• Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum

   1438 W. Broadway Road, # B245 - Tempe, AZ 85282
    Phone: (480) 829-0221.
• SS. Simon and Jude Cathedral [est. 1953] and complete parish site.

   6351 North 27th Avenue - Phoenix, AZ 85017    Phone: (602) 242-1300.
• St. Henry Parish

   128 South 3rd Street - Buckeye, AZ 85326
   Phone: (623) 386-6407   E-mail: st_henry@cathdioc.org .

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• Diocese of Tucson, Arizona (official) [est. 1897] & Maps

   Chancery:  192 S. Stone Ave. - Box 31 - Tucson, AZ  85702
(Serves the Arizona Counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz and Yuma.)
Diocese Welcome with a History of the Catholic Faith in Arizona
 Early missionary activity in Arizona was under Mexico's authority, however, in 1850, Catholics in Arizona became part of the Vicariate Apostolic (missionary diocese) of Santa Fe, (New Mexico) and by 1868, the Church in the Territory now Arizona became a vicariate apostolic, and in 1897, the Diocese of Tucson was established.
• Parish Directory
• St. Augustine Cathedral  includes history from 1700s.

   192 S. Stone Ave. - Tucson, Arizona 85701
• Mission San Xavier del Bac - Tucson, Arizona (Built in 1797, the Mission is still serving the Tohono O'odham Indians of the San Xavier Reservation.  This web site includes the history.)
• Patrick's Roman Catholic Church - Bisbee, Arizona with parish history.
• Sacred Heart Parish, Tombstone, AZ   History
• St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, San Manuel, AZ   History from 1954  St. Bartholomew's replaced St. Anthony's of Tiger, AZ
• Church of Saint Cyril Of Alexandria

   4725 East Pima Street, Tucson, Arizona 85712
(The parish celebrated it's 50th anniversary in 1998.)

• For Byzantine Catholic Churches of Arizona & New Mexico
• The Apostolic Exarchate Armenian-Rite for the U.S. & Canada  in New York  (Venerable Exarch.: Hovhannes Terzakian, 1995)

Address: 110 East, 12th Street - New York, NY 10003 U.S.A.  Ph: (212) 477-2030
 
• Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark of the Syrians: Syriac Catholic Diocese for Syrians in the U. S. and Canada (Chorbishop Joseph Younan appointed as the first Bishop of this diocese in 1995)

   P.O. Box 8366 - Union City, NJ 07087-8262
 
• Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle  Chaldean Diocese - U.S.A.

 Address: 25603 Berg Road -  Southfield, MI 48034
 Phone: (248) 351-0440 or (248) 351-0441
 
• Eparchy of Van Nuys, CA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, OR, WA) History

   Address: 8131 N. 16th St. - Phoenix, AZ  85020
Phone: 602-861-5379 Fax: 602-861-9796
Encompasses the areas of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.
Following a 1994 earthquake, which damaged the Cathedral complex, Bishop George Kuzma relocated the administrative offices of the Eparcy of Van Nuys to Phoenix, Arizona.   See the Historical Outline below:
• Historical Outline of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys 1956-1997
• St. Stephen Pro-Cathedral - Phoenix, AZ 85020-3999

      Rector: Very Rev. Stephen G. Washko
• The Eparchy of Newton (Melkite Greek)

Diocesan Offices: 19 Dartmouth Street, West Newton, MA 02165
• Parishes and Geographic Locations
• St. John of the Desert, 2525 East Osburn Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016
• Our Lady of Help Byzantine Catholic Church - Albuquerque, NM

 includes Brief History "...We are the only Byzantine Catholic parish in New Mexico, founded in 1974..." (Ukrainian, Ruthenian, et. al.)
 
• For more information on the Byzantine Catholic Churches in the United States Click here to return to Main Local Catholic Byzantine Links

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 Catholic Cemeteries
• Tucson Catholic Cemeteries in Tucson, AZ -

Diocese of Tucson Catholic Cemeteries
3555 N. Oracle Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 888-0860
3 different cemeteries: Holy Hope Catholic Cemetery (Tucson's Northwest side)
Our Lady of the Desert Catholic Cemetery & Desert Vista (nondenominational) Cemetery, both of which are located in All Faith's Memorial park on Tucson's Southeast...

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Historical Research of Catholic Churches & Ancestors
New Mexico and Arizona
•  The Zuni Indians - A History from the Catholic Encylopedia
• Pueblo Indians, by James Mooney, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XII, by Robert Appleton Company, 1911, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
• History of the Archdiocese of Durango (Mexico) [est. 1620], by Reginaldo Guereca, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume V, by Robert Appleton Company, 1909, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "... In the beginning the Diocese of Durango included New Mexico (Santa Fe), Chihuahua, and Sonora; eventually these were made independent sees..."
• History of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (New Mexico), by Jules Deraches, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, by Robert Appleton Company, 1912, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...It comprised at first the three territories of New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, detached from the Diocese of Durango, Mexico [est. 1620]. Since 1868 it has been restricted to the larger portion of New Mexico. Suffragans: the Bishops of Tucson and Denver..."
• History of New Mexico, by Aurelio M. Espinoza, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XI, by Robert Appleton Company, 1911, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
• History of Arizona, by Charles W. Sloane, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I, by Robert Appleton Company, 1907, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
• Fr. Kino, San Xavier founder (ca. 1700s)
• St. Augustine Cathedral  includes history from 1700s.

   192 S. Stone Ave. - Tucson, Arizona 85701
• Patrick's Roman Catholic Church - Bisbee, Arizona with parish history.
• The Monastery of Christ in the Desert
• The Vatican Observatory
• Knights of Columbus.
• Following are links from the University of Arizona Library: Library Web Exhibits.
• Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert - "...In the spring of 1687, an Italian Jesuit missionary named Father Eusebio Francisco Kino started work among a group of Indians on the far northwest frontier of New Spain..."

The Mission San Xavier del Bac - Tucson, Arizona
Mission San José de Tumacacori - Tumacacori, Arizona
San Diego de Pitiquito Mission - Pitiquito, Sonora, Mexico
San Pedro y San Pablo de Tubutama - Tubutama, Sonora, Mexico
La Purísima Concepción de Caborca - Caborca, Sonora, Mexico
Mission San Ignacio de Cabórica - Sonora, Mexico
Magdalena - Sonora, Mexico
San Antonio de Oquitoa Mission - Oquitoa, Sonora, Mexico
Santiago y Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Cocóspera - Cocóspera, Sonora, Mexico
• New Mexico Online Highways: Historic Churches.
• Old Missions of New Mexico — Still Alive After Four Centuries, Text and photos by Jack Wintz, O.F.M., in the October 1998 issue of St. Anthony Messenger from American Catholic Online.
• The Loretto Chapel - includes HISTORY and the "Miraculous Staircase".

   207 Old Santa Fe Trail - Santa Fe, NM 87501  Phone: (505)-982-0092.

Explorerers and Missionaries

• Spanish Conquistadors in North America (De Soto from 1539)
• Seven Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet were among the pioneers that came to Tucson in the 1870's.
• Reverend Mother Katharine Drexel, (1858-1955) of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.  "...She led a life devoted to uplifting the minds and spirits of Native and African American women, men, and children. Founding and staffing schools for both Native and African Americans throughout the country..."  Among these is  St. Michaels Indian School, in the town of St. Michaels, Arizona - Navajo Nation (Ts’íhootso - Mountainside Meadow).

• Map of the Navajo Nation.
• New Mexico - Virtual Tourist Guide - from the NM Dept. of Tourism.
• Hispanic Culture + Indian Culture + History + Missions of New Mexico +

+ Museums + New Mexico Facts & Trivia + New Mexico Links & Map +
• Official Cities for - ARIZONA and NEW MEXICO -  by Kevin & Tamie Hyde
• State of Arizona  - the official state web site.
• Arizona Department of Library, Archives & Public Records.

Arizona  - State Government: http://www.state.az.us/
         How to obtain Vital Records in Arizona?
     There has been statewide registration of births and deaths since July 1909.  Birth and death records, from July 1909 to present, should be requested from the Office of Vital Records of the Arizona Department of Health Services, however access to birth records less than 75 years old, and death records less than 50 years old, are restricted.  The fee for a birth certificate is $9.00 (long form) or $6.00 (short form) per copy.  The fee for a death certificate is $6.00.
        Arizona Dept of Health Services, Office of Vital Records
                P.O. Box 3887 - Phoenix, AZ 85030-3887  Phone: (602) 255-3260.
     Marriage and Divorce records are kept by the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where the event occurred.
•      The Department of Library, Arizona History and Archives Division:  County Records maintains microfilm of Birth Records, from the 1890s through 1924, and Death Records from the 1890s through 1949.  The County Records page contains a county map, and guidance on the locations of marriage, naturalization and other records, in each Arizona county.

Apache County - Phone: (520) 337-4364, Cochise County - Phone: (520) 432-9200,
Coconino County - Phone: (520) 774-2011, Gila County - Phone: (520) 425-3231,  Graham County - Phone: (520) 428-3250, Greenlee County - Phone: (520) 865-2072,  LaPaz County - Phone: (520) 669-6115, Maricopa County - Phone: (602) 506-3271, Mohave County - Phone: (520) 753-0729, Navajo County - Phone: (520) 524-6161, Pima County - Phone: (520) 740-8401, Pinal County - Phone: (520) 868-6000,
Santa Cruz County - Phone: (520) 761-7800, Yavapai County - Phone: (520) 771-3100, Yuma County - Phone: (520) 329-2104.
• USGenWeb
• Tucson's Hispanic Community.
• Señor Steagall Projects: Hispanic Culture - La Casa del Señor Steagall
•  University of Arizona Library:
• Library Web Exhibits.
• Southwest Electronic Text Center.
• State of New Mexico - the official state web site.

      Birth and Death records, from 1920, may be requested from the New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics office.  The fee for a birth certificate is $10.00, a death certificate is $5.00.
Contact:  New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics
                P.O. Box 26110, 1105 St. Francis Drive
                Santa Fe, NM 87503
                Phone: (505) 827-0121 or (505) 827-0405  Fax:  (505) 827-1751.
• New Mexico State Library
• New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.
• New Mexico City/County Links with county map.
• American Local History Network for New Mexico - by Collin Garrett.
• Vital Records Information for New Mexico.
• New Mexico Commission of Public Records.
• New Mexico Net
• The La Hacienda de los Martinez: northern New Mexico style, late Spanish Colonial period "Great Houses" (ca. 1804) -  Taos NM .
• New Mexico's Cultural Treasures
• New Mexico Tourism with a clickable map of New Mexico.
• History and Museums
• Culture in New Mexico
• Missions of New Mexico
• Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce and Directory
• Santa Fe Visitor's Guide
• Santa Fe - A Historical Perspective
• The Famed Loretto Chapel with its curved staircase, is only two blocks from Santa Fe's historic Plaza, in the 200 block of Old Santa Fe Trail.
• Historic Sante Fe Foundation
• MAPS: GIS - Native American Nations, Native Lands, Current Places, & History.
• Yahoo Get Local for United States - yellow pages directory and links.

I am voluntarily creating this site as a helpful guide to researching the history of the local Catholic Churches and to help genealogists who are researching Catholic ancestors in this geographic area.  This is not an official Catholic Church page.
Though links to this page for Catholic Church, genealogical, historical research and non-profit use are encouraged, please do not download the page without requesting permission since it contains copyright protected material.
If you have a suggestion, or a site that you believe will be helpful, please let me know.  --Ann

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