GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-34
St. Peter Church
1222 West Tenth Street
P.O. Box 41
The Dalles, OR 97058
Phone: 541-296-2026
Email: See website (Contact Us)
History: St. Peter Church, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Baker (Archives: Redmond, Oregon).
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1846-1870s (no longer Native) |
Portland (Oregon) archdiocesan priests established and administered St. Peter Church, which had a few Native American (Washo) parishioners |
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1864-1870s (no longer Native) |
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (Oregon Province) (Archives: Marylhurst, Oregon) also staffed St. Peter’s |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. Peter’s attended to the following Native American stations in Idaho and Oregon:
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1852-1855 |
Fall River station (Paiute, Walla Walla, Wasco), Deschutes County, Oregon |
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1858-1868 (transferred to St. Mary’s Cathedral, Portland |
Warm Springs Reservation station (Paiute, Walla Walla, Wasco), Warm Springs, Jefferson County, Oregon |
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1861-1863 |
Nez Perce Reservation station (Nez Perce), Idaho |
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1861-1864 (became a mission) |
Umatilla Reservation station (Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla), Pendleton, Oregon |
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1861-1864 (became a mission) |
St. Michael the Archangel Mission (Grand Ronde), Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde Reservation, Oregon |
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1871-1888 |
Warm Springs Reservation station (Paiute, Walla Walla, Wasco), Warm Springs, Jefferson County, Oregon |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1846-1888
Volume: Few entries among a few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Peter Church and its attended Native 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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