GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-28
St. Mary Church and School Church
2934 Mill Bay Road
Kodiak, AK 99615
Phone: 907-486-5411
History: St. Mary Church, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, has been a predominantly Native American parish on Kodiak Island and in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).
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1881-1889 (closed) |
Victoria diocesan priests from St. Andrew Cathedral) (Archives: Victoria, British Columbia) attended Kodiak station (Yupik Eskimo, Tlingit), Kodiak Island |
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1945-1967 |
Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered St. Mary Church (Yup’ik Eskimo, Tlingit), Kodiak |
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1955-present
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Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart (Archives: Yardley, Pennsylvania) have staffed St. Mary’s School (Yup’ik Eskimo, Tlingit) |
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1960-1967 |
Juneau diocesan priests and Benedictines (presumably Mt. Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon) shared administration of St. Mary’s |
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1967-1977 |
Redemptorists (St. Louis Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Mary’s |
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1977 |
Dominicans (Western Province) (Archives: Oakland, California) administered St. Mary’s |
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1978-2020 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Mary’s |
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2020-present |
Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered St. Mary’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1945-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Mary Church.
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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