San Miguel de Socorro

San Miguel de Socorro

Catholic church in Socorro, NM, built on the ruins of the old Nuestra Señora de Socorro mission. The old mission was built around 1626, but was destroyed in 1680 during the Pueblo Revolt. [Marshal, Michael P. & Walt, Henry J., “Rio Abajo: Prehistory and History of a Rio Grande Province” (Santa Fe: New Mexico Historical Preservation Program, 1984), p 248-249] A portion of the adobe wall of the old church remains today and still can be seen behind glass just left of the altar.

San Miguel is administered by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

History and Legend

According to the San Miguel website, it is the oldest Catholic church in the United States founded in 1598. [ “San Miguel Catholic Church” http://www.sdc.org/~smiguel/] Although the village of Socorro was founded at this time, and the Nuestra Senora de Socorro was built in the 1600s, San Miguel itself was not built until the 19th century. [Marshal & Walt “Rio Abajo“ p 248-249] The construction of the church was most likely completed by 1821 when the first church baptisms, burials and marriages were recorded. [Conron, John P. “Socorro: A Historic Survey” (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1980.), p. 7]

Local legend has it that during an Apache raid, an angel appeared and scared off the invaders. Parishioners thus decided to name the church after St. Michael, the archangel who supposedly saved the village. [ “San Miguel Catholic Church: History” http://www.sdc.org/~smiguel/about.htm]

The last (pre-American occupation) governor of New Mexico, Manuel Armijo is supposedly buried at the church. [ Ramirez Alief, Teresa, et al., eds. “New Mexico Census of 1833 and 1845: Socorro and Surrounding Communities of the Rio Abajo.” (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, Inc., 1994.) p.xiii.]

Footnotes


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • San Miguel Inn — (Socorro,США) Категория отеля: Адрес: 916 North California Street, Socorro, NM 87801 …   Каталог отелей

  • San Miguel — San Miguel, Spanish for Saint Michael, describes numerous locations.Places in the world*Angola **San Miguel Fort *Argentina **San Miguel Partido **San Miguel, Buenos Aires **San Miguel Arcángel (Buenos Aires), a Volga German colony in Adolfo… …   Wikipedia

  • San Miguel County (New Mexico) — San Miguel County Courthouse Verwaltung US Bundesstaat: New Mexico …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • San Miguel (Santander) — 6° 34′ 43″ N 72° 38′ 59″ W / 6.57861111, 72.64972222 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • San Miguel (Iglesia Católica Romana) — Arcángel Miguel y las almas del Purgatorio por Jacopo Vignali. El Arcángel Miguel es mencionado en el Antiguo Testamento y forma parte fundamental de las enseñanzas del Cristianismo desde sus inicios …   Wikipedia Español

  • Socorro, New Mexico — Socorro redirects here. For other uses, see Socorro (disambiguation). Infobox Settlement official name = Socorro, New Mexico settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize =… …   Wikipedia

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in San Miguel County, New Mexico — Location of San Miguel County in New Mexico This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Miguel County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of… …   Wikipedia

  • Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel (Uriangato) — Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel. Altar de la Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel de Uriangato, te …   Wikipedia Español

  • Comte de San Miguel (Nouveau-Mexique) — Comté de San Miguel (Nouveau Mexique) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Comté de San Miguel. Comté de San Miguel (San Miguel County) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Comté De San Miguel (Nouveau-Mexique) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Comté de San Miguel. Comté de San Miguel (San Miguel County) …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”