GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Washington: WA-33

Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Philip Benizi Churches
P.O. Box 214
Wellpinit, WA 99040

Phone: 509-725-1761

Sacred Heart Church
6156 Ford-Wellpinit Road
Wellpinit, WA 99040

Our Lady of Lourdes Church
West End, WA 99040

St. Philip Benizi Church
5247 Hubert Road
Ford, WA 99013

 

History: Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Philip Benizi Churches, Spokane Reservation, Washington, have been three predominantly Native American (Spokan) parishes in the Diocese of Spokane (Archives: Spokane, Washington).

1920-1972	Spokane diocesan priests established and administered Sacred Heart Church (Spokan), Wellpinit, Spokane Reservation
1943-1972	Spokane diocesan priests at Sacred Heart, Wellpinit, attended Our Lady of Lourdes Mission (Spokan), West End, Spokane Reservation
1972-present	Jesuits (Oregon, Western Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) have administered Sacred Heart
1972-1988	Jesuits at Sacred Heart attended to Our Lady of Lourdes Mission
1988-present	Became a parish; Jesuits have administered Our Lady of Lourdes Church
1988-present	Became a parish; Jesuits have administered St. Philip Benizi Church, Ford, Spokane Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1920-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for parishioners of Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Philip Benizi Churches.

 

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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