GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-39

St. Peter Church
19 Follett Street
Lemoore, CA 93245

Phone: 559-924-2562

 

History: St. Peter Church, Le Moore, Kings County, California, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Fresno (Archives: Fresno, California).

Before 1920-1922	Monterrey-Los Angeles diocesan priests administered St. Peter’s
1922-1967	Monterrey-Fresno diocesan priests administered St. Peter’s
1967-present	Fresno diocesan priests have administered St. Peter’s

Various diocesan priests at St. Peter’s have attended to the following Native American (Yokuts) mission chapels in Kings County:

1920-present	St. Edward Mission, Indian Settlement, Stratford
1926-present	St. Rosa Mission, Santa Rosa-Tachi Rancheria

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1920-ongoing

Volume: Some entries among several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Edward Mission and St. Rose Mission; includes some copies of original records.

 

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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