GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-45
Church of St. Michael
Baker Street
P.O. Box 29
St. Michael, AK 99659
Phone: 907-923-3151
History: The Church of St. Michael, St. Michael, Nome Census Area, Alaska, is a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on St. Michael Island off the Norton Sound coast and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1873 |
Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate] and Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Victoria, British Columbia), visited St. Michael (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1877-1899 |
Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) visited St. Michael |
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ca. 1900-1980 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) established and administered St. Michael’s Mission (Yupik Eskimo), St. Michael |
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1908-1918 |
Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) established and administered St. Ursula’s-by-the-Sea Mission School (Yupik Eskimo), St. Michael |
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1980-1999 |
Became a parish; Fairbanks diocesan priests administered St. Michael’s |
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1990s-present |
Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish and provided day-to-day administration |
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1990s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to St. Michael’s |
Jesuits at St. Michael’s attended the following missions and stations:
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1904-1910 (closed) |
Chenilia station (unidentified) |
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1904-1910 (closed) |
Kliketari station (unidentified) |
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1904-1910 (closed) |
Postolic station (unidentified) |
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1904-1910 (closed) |
Stebbins/ Steben station (Inupiat Eskimo, Yupik Eskimo) |
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1908-1999 (became a parish) |
St. Bernard Mission (Inupiat Eskimo, Yupik Eskimo), Stebbins |
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1910-1952 |
Unalakleet station (Inupiat [Eskimo], Yupik Eskimo, Koyukon) |
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1952-1987 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Nome) |
Holy Angels Chapel (Inupiat [Eskimo], Yupik Eskimo, Koyukon) Unalakleet |
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1960-1969 (became a parish) |
St. Joseph Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Kotlik |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1900-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for St. Michael Mission and its attended Native 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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