GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-42
St. Peter in Chains Church
Church Street and Goodtime Road
P.O. Box 207
Ruby, AK 99768
Phone: 907-468-4482
History: St. Peter in Chains Church, Ruby, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Koyukon) parish on the Yukon River in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1912- 1910s |
Jesuits (California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered St. Peter in Chains Mission (Koyukon) |
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1910s-1959 |
Jesuits at St. Peter Claver’s, Nulato, attended to St. Peter in Chains |
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1960-1966, 1973-1980 |
Jesuits at St. John’s, Galena attended to St. Peter’s |
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1966-1973 |
Jesuits at St. Aloysius, Tanana, attended to St. Peter’s |
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1978-1987 |
St. Columbans Foreign Mission Society (U.S. Region) (Archives: St. Columbans, Nebraska) at St. John’s, Galena, attended to St. Peter’s |
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1983-1988 |
Dominican Sisters (unidentified) also ministered to the parishioners of St. Peter in Chains |
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1987-present |
Became a parish; Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) have administered St. Peter in Chains Church (Koyukon) |
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1988-1990 |
A Sister of Notre Dame (unidentified) also ministered to the parishioners of St. Peter in Chains |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1912-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Peter in Chains 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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