GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-3
St. Agnes Church
501 East Main Street
P.O. Box 206
Antlers, OK 74523
Phone: 580-298-5204
History: St. Agnes Church, Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with some Native American (Choctaw) parishioners in the Choctaw Nation and in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma).
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1897-1945 |
Rev. William H. Ketcham and Oklahoma City diocesan priests established and administered St. Mary of the Angels School (Choctaw) and St. Agnes Church/ Chapel (Choctaw) |
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1897-1898 |
Sisters of St. Joseph (unknown) staffed St. Mary’s School |
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1898-1902 |
Sisters of St. Rose of Lima (Texarkana, Texas) staffed St. Mary’s School |
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1902-1945 |
Sisters of Divine Providence (San Antonio Texas) staffed St. Agnes/ Mary’s |
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1945 |
A tornado destroyed St. Agnes Church and School along with some sacramental records; only the church was rebuilt |
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1945-1973 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Immaculate Conception, Hugo, attended to St. Agnes |
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1973-1982 |
Tulsa diocesan priests at Immaculate Conception, Hugo, attended to St. Agnes |
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1982-present |
Glenmary Home Missioners (Cincinnati, Ohio) have administered St. Agnes |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Agnes attended to the following Native American (Choctaw) missions and station:
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1897-1925 (closed) |
Tuskahoma station |
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1909-1912 (transferred to St. William's, Durant) |
St. William Mission, Boswell |
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1909-1912 (transferred to Blessed Sacrament, Coalgate) |
St. Henry Mission, Bentley |
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1919-1933 (closed) |
St. William Mission, Boswell |
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1923-1945 (became a parish) |
Immaculate Conception/ St. Patrick Mission, Hugo |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1918-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of St. Agnes Church and its Native American missions and station; baptisms, 1918-ongoing, marriages, 1920-ongoing, deaths, 1928-ongoing, first communions, 1950-ongoing, and confirmations, 1935-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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