Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
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TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountRoman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, continuing a Franciscan mission presence from the early seventeenth century, erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1850, a diocese in 1853 and elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 1875 under Jean-Baptiste Lamy. 2 Origins
FoundedFounded in 1610 by governor Pedro de Peralta as the Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis, the oldest continuously used seat of government in North America; burned and evacuated after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt and resettled in 1692. 1 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own accountSpanish in the region's historic devotional life, English in ordinary modern parish worship, and Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite. 3 Connections
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Source Bankruptcy Court Confirms Archdiocese of Santa Fe Plan of Reorganization Settling Hundreds of Sexual Abuse Claims
This source names Santa Fe directly: "A Santa Fe New Mexican report on U.S."
Source Judge OKs Archdiocese of Santa Fe Settlement of 121 Million Dollars in Clergy Abuse Cases
This source names Santa Fe directly: "to communities including the Santa Fe Indigenous Center."
Source Sufi Service Committee: Own Website (sufiservice.org)Sufi Service Committee
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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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