GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-12

Immaculate Conception Church
115 North Cushman Street
Fairbanks, AK 99701

Phone: 907-452-3533
Email: See parish website (Contact Us)
Website: See Diocese of Fairbanks (Who We Are: Parishes)

 

History: Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with a few Native American (e.g. Eskimo, Dena’ina) parishioners in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).

1902	Gold was discovered 16 miles north of Fairbanks
1904-present	Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Immaculate Conception Church/ Cathedral
1906	A diocesan priest established a Catholic hospital
1966-1969	Immaculate Conception Church served as the first cathedral for the Diocese of Fairbanks
1974-1980 (closed?)	Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary (Archives: Sinsinawa, Wisconsin) staffed Immaculate Conception Grade School

Jesuits from Immaculate Conception attended the following missions and stations:

1904-1920 (Natives diminished)	Eagle City station (Eskimo)
1922-1950, 1960-1963 (became a parish)	St. Theresa Mission (Eskimo, Dena’ina), Nenana
1974-2000 (became a parish)	St. Patrick Church (Eskimo), Barrow

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1904-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church and its attended missions and stations.

 

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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