GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-12
Immaculate Conception Church
115 North Cushman Street
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: 907-452-3533
Email: See parish website (Contact Us)
Website: See Diocese of Fairbanks (Who We Are: Parishes)
History: Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with a few Native American (e.g. Eskimo, Dena’ina) parishioners in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1902 |
Gold was discovered 16 miles north of Fairbanks |
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1904-present |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Immaculate Conception Church/ Cathedral |
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1906 |
A diocesan priest established a Catholic hospital |
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1966-1969 |
Immaculate Conception Church served as the first cathedral for the Diocese of Fairbanks |
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1974-1980 (closed?) |
Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary (Archives: Sinsinawa, Wisconsin) staffed Immaculate Conception Grade School |
Jesuits from Immaculate Conception attended the following missions and stations:
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1904-1920 (Natives diminished) |
Eagle City station (Eskimo) |
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1922-1950, 1960-1963 (became a parish) |
St. Theresa Mission (Eskimo, Dena’ina), Nenana |
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1974-2000 (became a parish) |
St. Patrick Church (Eskimo), Barrow |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1904-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church and its attended missions and stations.
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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