GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-57
St. Rose of Lima Church
120 Church Street
P.O. Box 469
Wrangell, AK 99929
Phone: 907-874-3771
History: St. Rose of Lima Church, Wrangell, Wrangell Borough, Alaska, has been a mixed Native (Tlingit) and non-Native American parish in the Alaska panhandle and in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).
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1879-1886 |
Rev. John Althoff of St. Andrew Cathedral (Archives: Victoria, British Columbia) founded St. Rose of Lima Church (Tlingit), which was administered by Victoria diocesan priests (Victoria, British Columbia) |
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1886-1896 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) administered St. Rose |
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1898-1909 |
Jesuits at Our Lady of the Mines, Douglas, attended to St. Rose |
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1909-1930 |
Alaska prefecture apostate priests (Fairbanks) at Holy Name, Ketchikan, attended to St. Rose |
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1930-1940 |
Jesuits (Oregon Province) administered St. Rose |
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1940-1951 |
Alaska vicariate apostolate priests (Fairbanks) administered St. Rose |
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1951-1990 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Rose |
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1990-2010s |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (United States Province) (Archives: Washington, D.C.) administered St. Rose |
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2010s-2020 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Rose |
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2020-present |
Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered St. Rose |
Alaska vicariate/prefecture apostolate priests, Jesuits, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Juneau diocesan priests at St. Rose attended to the following mixed Native (Tlingit)-non-Native missions and stations in the Alaskan panhandle:
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1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia) |
Sitka station |
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1886-1890 (transferred to Nativity Church, Juneau) |
Sitka station |
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1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia) |
Taku/ Takou station |
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1886-1888 (closed) |
Taku/ Takou station |
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1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia) |
Hootsnoo station |
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1886-1888 (closed) |
Hootsnoo station |
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1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia) |
Chilkat River/ Chilcat station |
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1886-1888 (closed) |
Chilkat River/ Chilcat station |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1879-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among many volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Rose of Lima Church and its attended mixed Native-non-Native mission 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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