GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-30
St. Patrick Church
Grouse Road
P.O. Box 54101
Koyukuk, AK 99754
Phone: 907-927-2240
History: St. Patrick Church, Koyukuk, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Koyukon) parish at the juncture of the Koyukuk and Yukon rivers in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1890s-1958 |
First Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Canada Province) and then Jesuits (Turin, Canadian, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) at St. Peter’s, Nulato, visited the Koyukuk River District stations (Koyukon) |
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1958-1980, 1987-1998 |
Jesuits at Our Lady, Nulato, established and attended St. Patrick Mission (Koyukon) |
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1954-1963, 1982-1987 |
Jesuits at St. John’s, Galena, attended St. Patrick’s |
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1970-1973 |
Jesuits attended St. Patrick’s from St. Aloysius, Tanana |
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1984-1989 |
A Sister of Notre Dame served St. Patrick’s |
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1980s-1998 |
Fairbanks diocesan priests at St. John’s, Galena, attended St. Patrick’s |
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1989-2002 |
Became a parish; A Franciscan brother (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Patrick Church |
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1998-present |
Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members at St. John’s, Galena, have served St. Patrick’s |
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1990s-present |
Lay administrators (Koyukon) and permanent deacons (Koyukon) have served St. Patrick’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1990-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Patrick Church.
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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