Las Animas County Colorado

   Churches of Las Animas

Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Colorado were the Catholic, Methodist-Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Baptist.

An inventory that can help you find church records is Guide to Vital Statistics Records in Colorado, Volume 2. Church Archives (Denver: Colorado Historical Records Survey W.P.A., 1942; FHL book 978.8 A3h; film 897482 item 9). This book lists churches that existed about 1940.

The Family History Library has records of some Catholic and Presbyterian congregations and pre-1949 LDS ward records, but few other church records. The library also has histories of the Episcopal, Latter-day Saint, and Presbyterian groups in the state.

Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located:

Baptist

American Baptist Historical Society
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
Telephone: 610-768-2374
http://www.baptisthistory.us/

Episcopal

Diocese of Colorado
1300 Washington St
Denver, CO 80203-2008
Telephone: 303-837-1173
http://www.coloradodiocese.org/contactus.html

Methodist

Rocky Mountain Conference Historical Society
Ira J. Taylor Library
Iliff School of Theology
2201 S. University Boulevard
Denver, CO 80210-4798
Telephone: 303-744-1287
Fax: 303-777-3387 or 303-777-0164
http://historicalsocietyunitedmethodistchurch.org/

Presbyterian

Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Telephone: 215-627-1852
Fax: 215-627-0509
http://www.history.pcusa.org/

Roman Catholic
Archives of the Archdiocese of Denver
1300 South Steele St.
Denver, CO 80210-2599
Telephone: 303-722-4687
Fax: 303-331-8071
http://www.archden.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=11&Itemid=421

Diocese of Pueblo
1001 No. Grand Avenue
Pueblo, CO 81003
Telephone: 719-544-9861
Fax: 719-544-5202 
http://www.dioceseofpueblo.com/

For a history of the Catholic church in Colorado, see Rev. Jean Baptiste Salpointe, Soldiers of the Cross . . . , 1898, Reprint (Albuquerque, New Mexico: Calvin Horn Publishers, 1967; FHL book 973 K2sj).  

 

Catholic Churches in Las Animas fall under the Diocese of Pueblo.

Aguilar

St. Anthony of Padua

Aguilar is located alongside Highway I-25, between Walsenburg  and Trinidad. It marks the entrance of the Apishapa Valley in  SE Colorado, and leads to the San Isabel National Forest, the  Spanish Peaks and the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. The parish of St. Anthony serves two mission churches, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, in Trujillo Creek, and San Jose, in Gulnare. ====================================================== Cokedale Catholic Church Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary - 1935 ====================================================== Delagua Catholic Church Peter and Paul Catholic Church - 1910 ====================================================== El Moro Catholic Church Sacred Heart Chapel - 1890-1921 ===================================================== Gulnare Catholic Church San Jose Catholic Church - 1880 ===================================================== Hoehne Catholic Church Holy Family Chapel - 1890   Methodist Methodist Church - 1888 ===================================================== Los Trujillo Catholic Church Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - 1888 ===================================================== Madrid (or Tijeras) Catholic Church Santo Nino de Atocha - 1877 ===================================================== Medina Plaza Catholic Church Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe - 1866 ===================================================== Model Catholic Church Sacred Heart - 1920 ===================================================== Morley Catholic Church St. Aloysus - 1917 ===================================================== Segundo Catholic Church Chapel of San Ignacio - 1885 ===================================================== Sopris Catholic Church St. Thomas - 1890 ===================================================== Starkville Catholic Church Sacred Heart - 1870 ===================================================== Tercio Catholic Church San Francisco de Assissi (St. Francis of Assissi) = 1870 ===================================================== Tijeras (or Madrid) Catholic Church Santo Nino de Atocha - 1870 ===================================================== Tijeras Plaza Catholic Church Holy Child Chapel - 1876 ===================================================== Weston Catholic Church Nuestro Senor de Escipula - 1893 ===================================================== Trinidad Holy Trinity contains the records of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages and Deaths for all listed Las Animas County Catholic Churches. Catholic Churches Holy Trinity - 1866 Church and Convent Streets Trinidad, Colorado   Mt. Carmel - 1907 St. Mary's Chapel - 1914   Baptist First Baptist Church - 1879 801 San Pedro Street Trinidad, Colorado   St. Paul Baptist Church - 1909 435 University Street Trinidad, Colorado   Spanish Baptist - El Redentor Church - 1928 312 S. Carbon Avenue Trinidad, Colorado   Disciples of Christ First Christian Church = 1879 First and Walnut Streets Trinidad, Colorado   Episcopal Trinity Episcopal Church - 1871 119 Colorado Avenue Trinidad, Colorado   Jewish Aaron Congregation 407 South Maple Trinidad, Colorado   Lutheran Zion's Lutheran Church - 1888 Pine and Prospect Streets Trinidad, Colorado   Methodist First African Methoidt Epicopal (Grace Chapel) 1890 300 Block, Elm Street Trinidad, Colordo   First Methodist Episcopal - 1869 Broom and State Streets Trinidad, Colorado   Methodist and Episcopal Church 723 Arizone Avenue Trinidad, Colorado   Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church - 1870 224 N. Commerical Street Trinidad, Colorado   Miscellaneous Salvation Army - 1888 122 W. Main Street Trinidad, Colorado