GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-34
St. Francis Xavier Church
513 Howard Street
Petoskey, MI 49770
Phone: 231-347-4133
Email: petoskeysfx@gmail.com
History: St. Francis Xavier Church, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan).
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1859-1882 |
Detroit diocesan priests from Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, established and attended to St. Francis Solano Mission (Ottawa), Petoskey |
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1879-1881 |
Detroit diocesan priests established and attended St. Francis Xavier Mission (Ottawa) from Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs |
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1881-1884 |
Became a parish; Grand Rapids diocesan priests administered St. Francis Xavier Church |
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1882-1897 (closed) |
Grand Rapids diocesan priests at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Francis Solano Mission (Ottawa), Petoskey |
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1884-1897 (no longer Native) |
Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Francis Xavier |
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1897-2000s |
Franciscans administered St. Francis Xavier |
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2000s-present |
Gaylord diocesan priests have administered St. Francis Xavier |
Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa, Ottawa) missions and stations in Michigan:
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1897-1899 (closed) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Beaver Island |
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1897-1905 (transferred to Holy Cross, Beaver Island) |
Garden Island station |
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1897-1905 (transferred to Holy Cross, Beaver Island) |
High Island station |
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1897-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Joseph Mission, Hart/ Elbridge |
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1897-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
Fern station |
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1897-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown |
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1897-1920 (closed) |
Blessed Sacrament Mission, Elk Rapids |
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1897-1929 (transferred to St. Mary's, Charlevoix) |
St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore |
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1910-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
Garden Island station |
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1910-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Joseph Mission, High Island |
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1927-1930s (closed) |
St. Francis Solano Mission, Petoskey |
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1929-1938 (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Garden Island |
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1929-1939 (closed) |
St. Joseph Mission, High Island |
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1929-1947 (transferred to St. Clement’s, Pellston) |
St. Mary Mission, Burt Lake |
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1929-1947 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Middle Village |
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1929-1948 (transferred to St. Wenceslaus, Omena) |
Immaculate Conception Mission, Peshawbestown |
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1947-1948 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs) |
St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore |
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1955-present |
St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1881-ongoing
Volume: 1 cubic foot
Description: Sacramental records for:
A. St. Francis Xavier Church and its missions and stations: baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1881-ongoing; first communions, 1885-ongoing; and confirmations, 1883-ongoing
B. St. Francis Solanus, Bay Shore: baptisms and deaths, 1902-ongoing; marriages, 1901-ongoing; first communions, 1910-ongoing; and confirmations, 1920-ongoing; although St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore, was attended from St. Mary's, Charlevoix, 1929-1947, and Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, 1948-1955, the sacramental records for those years are at St. Francis Xavier 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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