Beyond the Missions: The Diocesan Church in the Hispanic Southwest
Spanish subjects founded various parishes and military chapels in what is now the Southwest during the colonial era. Even after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821 and then lost the 1846-1848 war with the United States, many of these now Mexican Catholic communities persevered. This essay...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Catholic Historical Society
2006
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American catholic studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 117, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-15 |
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| Summary: | Spanish subjects founded various parishes and military chapels in what is now the Southwest during the colonial era. Even after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821 and then lost the 1846-1848 war with the United States, many of these now Mexican Catholic communities persevered. This essay examines the growing number of studies focused on aspects of the diocesan church in the former territories of northern New Spain and later Mexico. It argues that survey courses, textbooks, and other germane publications on Latino and U.S. Catholicism must pay attention not only to the undeniable importance of the missionary system, but to the diocesan clergy, parishes, and structures which were also foundational elements of Latino Catholicism in the Southwest. In the final analysis, the significance of the diocesan church was not primarily in the numbers of clergy and faith communities, but in the longevity of parishes which sustained the faith of Hispanic Catholics during U.S. territorial expansion and subsequently were part of the foundation on which they and their coreligionists vastly expanded the Catholic presence in the region. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic studies
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