Gallup is a city in northwestern New Mexico, near the Arizona border, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup.
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TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountRoman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Gallup, erected on 16 December 1939 by Pope Pius XII specifically to serve the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni and other Native peoples of the region. 2 Origins
FoundedSettled in 1880 as a stagecoach stop and construction headquarters of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, named for David Gallup, the paymaster whose office workers said they were going to Gallup to collect their wages. 1 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own accountEnglish in ordinary parish worship, with Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite alongside the vernacular. 3 Connections
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Source Chapter 11 Settlement, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source 2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae
Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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