GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-14
St. James Church
1145 Northeast First Street
McMinnville, OR 97128
Phone: 503-472-5232
Email: See website (Information: Contacts)
History: St. James Church, McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Archives: Portland, Oregon). Various priests and women religious at St. James have attended to the following Native American missions in Yamhill County, Oregon.
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1881-ca. 1940 |
St. Patrick Mission (Cayuse), Yam Hill/ Muddy Creek, Yamhill County |
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1901-1908, 1985-2000, 2002-present |
St. Michael the Archangel Mission (Grand Ronde), Grande Ronde, Grand Ronde Reservation |
St. Michael the Archangel Mission, Grand Ronde Reservation:
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1859-1861 |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. Paul’s, St. Paul, attended the Grand Ronde Reservation station (Grand Ronde) |
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1861-1864 |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. Peter’s, The Dalles, established and attended to St. Michael the Archangel Mission, Grand Ronde Reservation |
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1864-1897 |
Became a parish; Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests administered St. Michael’s |
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ca. 1874-ca. 1946 |
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (California Province) (Archives: Los Gatos, California) established and staffed St. Michael’s School |
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1881-1882 |
Benedictine Sisters of Pontifical Jurisdiction (Archives: St. Joseph, Minnesota) staffed the school |
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1898-1899, 1909-1985 |
Salvatorians (U.S.A. Province) (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) administered St. Michael’s |
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ca. 1930-1969 |
Salvatorians at St. Michael’s staffed the Grand Ronde Vocational School |
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1900-1901 |
Benedictines (Mount Angel Abbey) (Archives: St. Benedict, Oregon) administered St. Michael’s |
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1901-1908 |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. James, McMinnville, attended to St. Michael’s |
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1906 |
Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Michael’s |
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ca. 1945-1970 (closed) |
Salvatorians at St. Michael’s attended to St. Augustine Mission/ Oceanlake station (Siletz), Oceanlake, Lincoln County |
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1946-1968 (closed) |
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon staffed St. Michael School |
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1985-2000 |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. James, McMinnville, attended to St. Michael’s |
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1999-2002 |
Augustinians (St. Augustine Province) (Archives: San Diego, California) administered St. Michael’s |
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2002-present |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. James, McMinnville, attended to St. Michael’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1875-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental (e.g. baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Patrick Missions.
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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