GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
North Carolina: NC-3

St. Joseph Church 
316 Main Street
P.O. Box 727
Bryson, NC 28713

Phone: 828-488-6766

 

History: St. Joseph Church, Bryson, Swain County, North Carolina, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Charlotte (Archives: Charlotte, North Carolina).

1960s-1971	Raleigh diocesan priests at St. Joseph's founded and attended to Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Cherokee, Maya), Cherokee, Quallah Reservation, North Carolina
1971-present	Charlotte diocesan priests at St. Joseph’s have attended to Our Lady of Guadalupe
1980s-present	Glenmary Home Missioners (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio) have assisted in attending to Our Lady of Guadalupe
1980s-present	Sisters of St. Francis (Archives: Tiffin, Ohio) have assisted in attending to Our Lady of Guadalupe

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1960s-ongoing

Volume: Few volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission.

 

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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