History of marriage in California History of marriage in California The recorded history of marriage in California is long and encompasses a period as far back as the first Spanish missions and even further back in unrecorded history of Native American Indians and their marriage rituals. California was incorporated into the United States of America in 1850. While the Native Americans of California did not document their culture in the same way western civilization did, we still have a great deal of knowledge from archaeological evidence as well as the earliest records of the Spanish missions. Native communities in southern California of the Chumash Indians,
Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada () is located in Glendale, California, United States and is immediately subject to the Holy See. It was created by John Paul II on July 3, 1981 as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada for the Armenians. It was elevated to an eparchy on September 12, 2005. The seat of the eparchy is St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Glendale, California. The eparchy has