GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-17
Sacred Heart Church
47943 Abbey Road
Konawa, OK 74849
Phone: 580-925-2145
Email: See Oklahoma City archdiocesan website (parish finder)
History: Sacred Heart Church, Konawa, Seminole County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly a non-Native American parish in the Arch/Diocese of Oklahoma City (Archives: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
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1877-1940s (no longer Native) |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) established and administered Sacred Heart Church/Mission (Potawatomi), Konawa/ Sacred Heart, Seminole County |
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1877-1880 (closed) |
Benedictines established Sacred Heart Day School (Potawatomi) |
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1880-1926 (no longer Native) |
Benedictines established St. Benedict Industrial School (e.g. Potawatomi, Cherokee, Choctaw) |
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After 1880-1915 |
St. Benedict Industrial School included high school and college levels |
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1880-1884 |
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Archives: New Orleans, Louisiana) established St. Mary Academy (e.g. Potawatomi, Cherokee, Choctaw), a boarding school for Native American girls |
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1884-1946 (closed) |
Sisters of Mercy (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) (Archives: Belmont, North Carolina) staffed St. Mary Academy |
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1901 |
Fire destroyed the church and schools, which were rebuilt and reopened later that same year |
Benedictines at Sacred Heart have attended the following missions and stations among Native Americans in Oklahoma:
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1877-1887 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Krebs |
Eufala station (Creek), McIntosh County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
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1877-1887 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Krebs |
Fort Gibson station (Cherokee), Cherokee County, Cherokee Nation |
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1877-1887 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Krebs |
Muskogee station (Creek), Muskogee County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
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1877-1887 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Krebs) |
South Canadian River station (Creek, Choctaw), Canadian County |
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1877-1887 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Krebs) |
Tahlequah station (Cherokee), Cherokee County, Cherokee Nation |
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1877-1887 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Krebs) |
Vinita station (Cherokee), Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Fort Sill station (Apache, Comanche), Comanche County |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Cantonment station (Arapaho), Blaine County |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Caddo station (Caddo), Bryan County |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Fort Reno station (Cheyenne), Canadian County |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Darlington station (Cheyenne), Canadian County |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Paul's Valley station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Gavin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Wynnewood station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Gavin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Washita station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Washita County |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Erin Springs station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Gavin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
White Bead Hills station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Gavin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1877-1888 (transferred to St. Elizabeth's, Purcell) |
Anadarko station (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware), Caddo County |
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1877-1888 (closed) |
Silver City station (Chickasaw), Creek County, Muskogee (Creek) Nation |
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1877-1889 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Oklahoma City) |
Iowa Reservation station (Iowa), Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne Counties |
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1877-1889 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Oklahoma City) |
Kickapoo Reservation station (Kickapoo), Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, and Lincoln Counties |
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1877-ca. 1890 (closed) |
Seminole station (Seminole), Seminole County |
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1877-1896 (closed) |
Oberlin station (Potawatomi), Pottawatomie County |
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1877-1896 (transferred to St. Benedict's, Shawnee) |
Sac and Fox Reservation station (Sac and Fox), Lincoln, Payne, and Pottawatomie Counties |
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1877-1896 (transferred to St. Benedict's, Shawnee) |
Shawnee Reservation station (Shawnee), Pottawatomie County
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1891-1893 (became a mission) |
Tecumseh station (Shawnee), Pottawatomie County |
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1893-1898 (transferred to St. Benedict's, Shawnee) |
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Mission (Shawnee), Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County |
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1896-1897 (became a mission) |
Wanette station (Potawatomi), Pottawatomie County |
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1896-1908 (transferred to Our Lady of Grace, Wanette) |
St. Gregory's Mission (Potawatomi), Eason, Pottawatomie County |
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1897-1908 (became a parish) |
Our Lady of Grace Mission (Potawatomi), Wanette, Pottawatomie County |
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1906-1911 (transferred to St. Benedict's, Shawnee) |
Wewoka station (Seminole), Seminole County |
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1954-present |
St. Mary's/ Our Lady of Grace Mission (Potawatomi), Wanette, Pottawatomie County |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1875-ongoing
Volume: Several entries within several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart Church and its attended missions and stations.
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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