GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Maryland: MD-5

St. Ambrose Church
3107 Sixty-Third Avenue 
Cheverly, MD 20785

Phone: 301-773-9300
Email: ambroserectory@gmail.com

 

History: St. Ambrose Church, Cheverly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Washington (Archives: Hyattsville, Maryland). Washington/Baltimore arch/diocesan priests have administered St. Ambrose’s, 1886-present, which has had some Native American parishioners (e.g. Maya), 1980s-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1980s-ongoing

Volume: Several records

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) of Native American parishioners.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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