GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-43
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
P.O. Box 56
Russian Mission, AK 99657
Phone: 907-584-5173
History: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Russian Mission, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on the Yukon River and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1890s-1990s |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Russian Mission/Ikogmiut |
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Late 1980s (destroyed by flood), 1998 |
Our Lady of Guadalupe was destroyed by flood and rebuilt |
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1974-1980 |
Fairbanks diocesan priests visited the parish |
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1970s-1980s |
Sisters of St. Ann and Sisters of St. Joseph ministered to the parish |
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1990s-present |
Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish |
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1990s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church |
Jesuits at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Russian Mission, attended to St. Charles Spinola Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Pilot Station, 1914-1990s; served alternately with Jesuits at St. Lawrence, Mountain Village.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 2000-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records for (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and its attended Eskimo missions and station.
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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