GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-35
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
General Delivery
Nightmute, AK 99690
Phone: 907-647-6428
History: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Nightmute, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on Nelson Island of the Bering Sea coast and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1929-1931 |
Catechist Simeon Sipary (Yupik Eskimo) at Little Flower, Hooper’s Bay, evangelized Nigtmuit (Yupik Eskimo), Nelson Island |
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1931-1934 |
Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Little Flower, Hooper’s Bay, established and attended to Nigtmuit Chapel (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1934-1961 |
Jesuits at St. Joseph’s, Tununak, Jesuits attended to Nightmute/ Nigtmuit Chapel |
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1959-1966 |
Jesuits at St. Catherine’s, Cheforniak, established and attended to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1966-1979, 1991-1990s |
Became a parish; Jesuits at St. Peter’s, Toksook Bay, attended to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church |
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1980s-present |
Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) have assisted in ministering to the parish |
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1979-1984 |
Jesuits at St. Joseph’s, Tunuak, attended to Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
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1983-1988 |
Sisters of St. Ann concurrently ministered to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Catherine’s, Cheforniak |
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1990s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to St. Aloysius |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1989-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help 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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