GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-25
Sainte Anne Church
6836 Huron Road
P.O. Box 537
Mackinac Island, MI 49757
Phone: 906-847-3507
Email: steannes@gmail.com
History: Sainte Anne Church, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in Lake Huron and in the Diocese of Marquette (Archives: Marquette, Michigan).
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1671-1765 |
Jesuits (Lyons Province) (Archives: Vanves, France) established St. Ignace Mission (Ojibwa, Métis), Point St. Ignace |
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1740s-1830 |
Jesuits at L’Arbre Croche established and attended to Sainte Anne Mission (Ojibwa, Métis) |
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ca. 1825-1827 |
Sainte Anne moved to its present site |
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1830-1833 |
Became a parish; Rev. Samuel Mazzachelli, O.P. [Dominicans], administered Sainte Anne Church followed by Cincinnati diocesan priests |
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1830-unknown (closed) |
Rev. Samuel Mazzachelli, O.P., established Sainte Anne School (Ojibwa), which was administered by lay teachers |
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1833-1861, 1868-1870, 1872-1882 |
Detroit diocesan priests administered Sainte Anne’s |
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1861-1868, 1871-1872 |
Marquette diocesan priests at St. Ignace, St. Ignace, attended to Sainte Anne’s |
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1882-present |
Marquette diocesan priests administered Sainte Anne’s |
Marquette diocesan priests at Sainte Anne’s attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions in Michigan.
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1837-1857, 1872-1876, 1878-1880 (became a parish) |
St. Ignatius Loyola Mission, St. Ignace |
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1889-1891 (became a parish) |
Sacred Heart Mission, De Tour |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1695-ca. 1840s
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart Mission, St. Ann Church, and St. Ignatius Mission.
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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