GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-6
Immaculate Conception Church
P.O. Box 429
Bethel, AK 99559
Phone: 907-543-2464
History: Immaculate Conception Church, Bethel, has been a predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on the lower Kushokwim River in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1890-1943 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) at Holy Cross, Holy Cross, and St. Joseph’s, Tununak, visited Bethel station (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1943-2000s |
Jesuits established and have administered Immaculate Conception Church (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1995-present |
Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish and provided day-to-day administration |
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2000s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to Immaculate Conception |
Jesuits from Immaculate Conception, Bethal, attended the following Native (Yupik Eskimo) missions:
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1943-1968 (transferred to St. Theresa, Aniak) |
Sacred Heart/ Immaculate Conception Mission, Kalskag |
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1950-1968 (became a parish) |
St. Theresa Mission, Aniak |
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1970-1990 (became a parish) |
Immaculate Conception/ Church of Mary, the Mother of God, Marshall |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1943-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church and its attended missions.
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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