GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Idaho: ID-11

St. Therese of the Little Flower Church
446 Brown Avenue
P.O. Box 1169
Orofino, ID 83544

Phone: 208-476-5121
Email: See website (Contact Us)

 

History: St. Therese of the Little Flower Church, Nez Perce Reservation, Orofino, Idaho, has been a predominantly Native American parish in the Diocese of Boise (Archives: Boise, Idaho).

1900-1908	Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Sacred Heart, Lapwai, established and administered St. Therese of the Little Flower Church (Nez Perce), Nez Perce Reservation
1909-1940	Jesuits (Oregon Province) at St. Stanislaus, Lewiston, attended to St. Therese
1940-2000	Boise diocesan priests administered St. Therese
2000-2010s	Benedictines (Mount Angel Abbey) (Archives: St. Benedict, Oregon) administered St. Therese
2010s-present	Boise diocesan priests have administered St. Therese

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1900-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Therese of the Little Flower 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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