GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Delaware: DE-2
Catholic Church. Diocese of Wilmington. Archives
8 Old Church Road (physical address; at Montchanin Road, Route 100, enter from St. Joseph on Brandywine Church parking lot)
Greenville, DE 19807
P.O. Box 2030
Wilmington, DE 19899
Email: See website
Phone: 302-655-0597
History: The Diocese of Wilmington was erected from territory in the Diocese of Philadelphia (Delaware) and Archdiocese of Baltimore (eastern Maryland and eastern Virginia), 1868. It lost its territory in Virginia, 1974, and it has evangelized Native Americans, 1990s-present.
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1999-2010s |
The Wilmington Diocese founded and maintained a Native American Ministry, among Native American Catholics (e.g. Nanticoke, Delaware), Wilmington and elsewhere in Delaware |
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2010s-present |
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Bear, has administered the Native American Ministry |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1990s-ongoing
Volume: Several records
Description: 2 series with records.
/1 Diocesan Native American Ministry records
Inclusive dates: 1990s-ongoing
Volume: Few records
Description: Related correspondence, notes, clippings, and photographs.
/2 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1990s-ongoing
Volume: Few records
Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Bear, Delaware.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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