GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Washington: WA-16

Pend Oreille Parishes: St. Anthony, Our Lady of Sorrows, and St. Jude Churches
612 West First Street
P.O. Box C
Newport, WA 99156

Phone: 509-447-4231
Email: pocoparishes@gmail.com

 

History: St. Anthony Church has been a predominantly non-Native American parish administered by Spokane/Seattle diocesan priests and Jesuits who have attended Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Jude missions and the Kalispel Government Indian School among the Kalispel Indians:

1913-1940s	Jesuits (California and Oregon Provinces) at St. Francis, Colville, established and attended Our Lady of Sorrows Mission (Kalispel), Usk/ Cusick
1920s	Jesuits at Our Lady of Sorrows attended the Kalispel Government Indian School (Kalispel), Usk
1920s-present	Spokane/Seattle diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s established and have attended St. Jude Mission (Kalispel), Usk
1940s-present	Spokane/Seattle diocesan priests at St. Anthony’s have attended Our Lady of Sorrows

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Jude Mission, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, and students at the Kalispel Government Indian School.     

 

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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