GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Virginia: VA-1

Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Missionhurst
4651 North 25th Street 
Arlington, VA 22207

Phone: 703-528-3804
Email: See website

 

History: Founded in Belgium, 1862, members of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary self-identify with the post-nominal initials, “C.I.C.M.,” and made its first U.S. foundation, 1919. They have administered the following Native American mission parishes:

1922-1933	Holy Rosary Indian Mission (Choctaw), Philadelphia/ Tucker, Mississippi
1990s-present	Maria, Reina de las Americas Church (Maya), Mount Olive, North Carolina

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.

 

Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.

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