GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-6

Immaculate Conception Church
N5589 County Road East
De Pere, WI 54115

Phone: 920-864-7641
Email: parishsecsjic@gmail.com

 

History: Immaculate Conception Church, De Pere, Oneida Reservation, Wisconsin, has been a predominantly Native American (Oneida) parish in the Diocese of Green Bay (Archives: Green Bay, Wisconsin).

1889	Rev. P.J. Lochman visited the Oneida Indians on the Oneida Reservation
1891-1898	Green Bay diocesan priests at St. Nicholas Church, Freedom, established and attended Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary, De Pere/ Oneida, Oneida Reservation
1898-1906	Premonstratensians (Archives: De Pere, Wisconsin) at St. Joseph Church, De Pere, attended Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary
1906-1985	Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary Church became a parish administered by Premonstratensians
1909-1948	Premonstratensians at Immaculate Conception attended St. Joseph Mission (Oneida), Oneida, Oneida Reservation
1927-1987 (closed)	Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Archives: Manitowoc, Wisconsin) staffed Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary School
1985-2000s	Diocesan priests administered Immaculate Conception
2000s-2010s	Diocesan priests at St. John the Baptist Church, Howard, attended to Immaculate Conception
2010s-present	Diocesan priests and Native deacons at St. Joseph's, Oneida, attended to Immaculate Conception

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1889-ongoing

Volume: .6 cubic foot (excludes school records)

Description: The records at Immaculate Conception Church are described by record type because they lacked a classification scheme when reviewed by Marquette University archivists.

 

/1. Sacramental records

Inclusive dates: 1889-ongoing

Volume: 7 volumes: for Native American parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church and St. Joseph Mission; baptisms, 1889-present; marriages, 1893-present; deaths, 1892-present; first communions, 1906-present; confirmations, 1890-present

 

/2. Correspondence

Inclusive dates: 1940-1941, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959

Volume: 7 letters

 

/3. Diary

Inclusive dates: 1898-1910

Volume: 1 volume

Description: Author unidentified.

 

/4.  Financial and statistical records

Inclusive dates: 1901-1960

Volume:.1 cubic foot

Description: Includes annual financial and statistical reports submitted to the diocese, 1906-1960, and a day book, 1901-1920.

 

/5. Altar Society minutes

Inclusive dates: 1941-1969

Volume: 1 volume

 

/6. School records

Inclusive dates: Unknown

Volume: Unknown

 

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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