GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-26
Holy Name Church and School
433 Jackson Street
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Phone: 907-225-2570
Email: churchoffice@holynamektn.org
Hours: See website
History: Holy Name Church, Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, has been a mixed Native (e.g. Tlingit, Haida) and non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).
1902-1907 |
Jesuits (California Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) visited Ketchikan (Tlingit, Haida) |
1907-1930 |
Jesuits (California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered Holy Name Church and School (Tlingit, Haida) |
1930-1964 |
Jesuits administered Holy Name |
1964-1968 |
Vincentians (Western Province, Perryville, Missouri) administered Holy Name |
1960s-1988 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered Holy Name |
1988-1995 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Pacific, United States Provinces) (Archives: Washington, D.C.) administered Holy Name |
1995-2020 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered Holy Name |
2020-present |
Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered Holy Name |
Various priests at Holy Name attended to:
1909-1930 (became a parish) |
St. Rose of Lima Mission (Tlingit), Wrangell/ Fort Wrangel |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1902-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of Holy Name Church and its attended Native missions. Student records from the parish grade school follow students to middle school in the Ketchikan School District.
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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