GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-45

Christ the King Church
2604 Swan Boulevard
Wauwatosa, WI 53226

Phone: 414-258-2604
Email: See website (Parish Staff)

 

History: Christ the King Church, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin).

1950s-1980s	A few Native Americans in Milwaukee (e.g. Menominee, Ojibwa, Winnebago [Ho Chunk]) became parishioners of Christ King
1980-1988 (closed)	In response to Native Americans residing in Milwaukee, Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. [Benedictines] (1927-), established the Siggenauk Center (e.g. Menominee, Ojibwa, Winnebago [Ho Chunk]) as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
1980-1988	Some Siggenauk Center members celebrated their sacraments at Christ King

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1950s-1988

Volume: Few entries

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Christ the King Church. 

 

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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