Ysleta Mission - Timeline

Timeline

• 1680 – Spanish settlers and Tigua (Tiwa) Indians are driven from northern New Mexico and Isleta Pueblo by the Pueblo Revolt. They travel southward to El Paso del Norte where El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juarez,Chihuahua, Mexico exist today. Mexico Governor Antonio de Otermin, representing the crown of Spain, established the Ysleta Mission (Ysleta del Sur Mission) for the refugees.

• 1682 – A permanent structure for the Ysleta Mission was established. In October the building is formally dedicated and named La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur in honor of the Tigua's patron saint, Saint Anthony (San Antonio) by the Bishop of Tucson, Arizona.

• 1691 – Governor Diego de Vargas gives the first official land grant for the church to Father Joaquin de Hinojosa.

• 1693 – The church was renamed Corpus Christi de los Tiguas de Ysleta by Governor Diego de Vargas under the authority of King Charles II of Spain.

• 1740s, 1829 – Flooding of the Rio Grande damaged/destroyed the mission.

• 1874 – The first formal property deed for the church was granted to Bishop Salpointe of Tucson. This deed outlined the boundaries of the church's property and remain the same today. French Clergy petitioned the Bishop of Tucson to change the church's name to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

• 1881-1891,1894-1990 – The church was administered by Jesuits from Mexico Province, Mexico City, Mexico.

• 1907 – Fire caused massive damage to the church structure. It was rebuilt the following year.

• 1919–1921 – Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (México-Cuba Province, El Paso, Texas and United States Province, Los Angeles, California) established and staffed Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Tiwa).

• 1922–1980s – Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word from the New Orleans, Louisiana, province staffed the school.

• 1980s–2005 – Lay teachers and Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word staffed the school.

• 1990–1992 – The church became a parish and was administered by diocesan priests.

• 1992–present – Conventual Franciscans from Our Lady of Consolation Province, Mount St. Francis, Indiana, administer Our Lady of Mount Carmel.