GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-51
St. Bernard Church
General Delivery
Stebbins, AK 99671
Phone: 907-934-3151
History: St. Bernard Church, Stebbins, Nome Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on St. Michael Island in Norton Sound and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1904-1910 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) at St. Michael’s, St. Michael, attended to Stebbins/ Steben station (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1908-1918 |
Jesuits at St. Michael’s, St. Michael, established and attended to St. Bernard Mission (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1918-1919 |
Became a parish; Jesuits administered St. Bernard Church |
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1919-1999 |
Jesuits at St. Michael’s, St. Michael, attended to St. Bernard’s |
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1999-present |
Lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish and provided day-to-day administration of St. Bernard’s |
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1999-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to St. Bernard’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1908-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Bernard 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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