GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Massachusetts: MA-2
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston. Archives
66 Brooks Drive
Braintree, MA 02184
Phone: 617-746-5795
Email: See website
Hours: See website
Access: See website
Copying facilities: Yes
History: Boston was erected as a diocese from territory in the Diocese of Baltimore for the states in New England, 1808, and from territory in the Boston Diocese, the dioceses of Burlington and Portland were erected, 1853.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown. However, related correspondence (e.g. Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot) may exist in the papers of its first three bishops.
- Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus (1768-1836), 1808-1823
- Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick (1782-1846), 1825-1846
- Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick (1812-1866), 1846-1853
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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