GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-47
Sacred Heart Church
409 Fifth Avenue
P.O. Box 207
Seward, AK 99664
Phone: 907-224-5414
Email: See website (About: Contact Us)
History: Sacred Heart Church, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with a few Native American (e.g. Aleut, Denaina, Eskimo) parishioners on Resurrection Bay of the Gulf of Alaska and in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).
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1905-1910 |
Jesuits (Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) at St. Mark’s, Skagway, visited Seward |
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1910-1920 |
Jesuits from St. Mark’s, Skagway, established and attended Sacred Heart Mission |
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1920-1940 |
Alaska prefecture apostolate priests (Fairbanks) from Holy Family, Anchorage, attended Sacred Heart |
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1940-1951 |
Became a parish; Alaska prefecture apostolate priests (Fairbanks) administered Sacred Heart Church |
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1951-2020 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered Sacred Heart |
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2020-present |
Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered Sacred Heart |
Holdings of Catholic-related records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1905-ongoing
Volume: Few entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart 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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