GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-10
St. William Church
802 University Boulevard
Durant, OK 74701
Phone: 405-924-1989
Email: See website (parish finder)
History: St. William Church, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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1896-1902 |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) at Our Lady of Good Council, Leigh, attended to Durant station (Choctaw), Bryan County |
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1902-1912 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Ardmore, established and attended to St. Catherine Mission (Choctaw), Durant |
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1912-1934 |
Became a parish; Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered St. William/ St. Catherine Mission, Durant |
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1934-1942 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. David’s, Tishomingo, attended to St. William Mission |
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1942-1945 |
Benedictines at St. Gregory’s, Shawnee, attended to St. William’s |
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1945-1972 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered St. William’s |
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1972-present |
Tulsa diocesan priests have administered St. William’s |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. William’s/ Catherine's attended to these Native American (Choctaw, Chickasaw) missions and stations in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma:
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1912-1915 (transferred to St. Henry's, Bentley) |
St. William Mission (Choctaw), Boswell, Choctaw County |
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1912-1928 (became a mission) |
Caddo station (Choctaw), Bryan County |
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1928-1934 (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Choctaw), Caddo, Bryan County |
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1925-1930 (became a parish) (no longer Native) |
St. David Mission (Chickasaw), Tishomingo, Johnston County |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1912-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of St. William Church and its attended missions and stations; baptisms and deaths, 1912-ongoing, marriages, 1913-ongoing, and first communions and confirmations, 1914-ongoing.
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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