GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-21
Kateri Tekakwitha Native American Center and St. Joseph Chapel
3802 North 144 Avenue
Hart, MI 49420
Phone: 616-243-0491, Extension 517
Email: See website
History: St. Joseph Chapel/ Mission and the Kateri Tekakwitha Native American Center, Hart, Elbridge Township, Oceana County, Michigan, has been a predominantly Native American chapel and center (Ottawa) in the Diocese of Grand Rapids (Archives: Grand Rapids, Michigan).
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1883-1895 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at St. James, Montague, established and attended to Joseph Mission (Ottawa), Elbridge |
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1895-1897 |
Franciscans (Sacred heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Holy Childhood of Jesus, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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1897-1918 |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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1918-1920 |
Franciscans at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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1920-1923 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at St. James, Montague, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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1923-1933 |
Unknown |
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1933-1936 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at St. Michael’s, Brunswick, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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1936-1952 |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at St. Gregory's, Hart, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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1952-1973 (closed) |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at Our Lady of Fatima, Shelby, attended to St. Joseph’s |
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2010s-present |
Kateri Tekakwitha Native American Center was established and administered at St. Joseph Chapel |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1883-1973
Volume: 4 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (baptisms, marriages, burials) (copies) for Native American parishioners of St. Joseph Mission; the original records are held by the parishes from where the priests resided.
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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