GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-48
St. Gregory of Nazianzen Church
606 Etolin Street
P.O. Box 495
Sitka, AK 99835
Phone: 907-747-8371
History: See also parish website. St. Gregory of Nazianzen Church has been a mixed Native (Tlingit) and non-Native American parish in the Alaska panhandle and in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).
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1873, 1879 |
Arch/bishop Charles J. Seghers (Archives: Victoria, British Columbia) visited Sitka (Tlingit) |
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1885-1889 |
Victoria arch/diocesan priests from St. Andrew Cathedral (Archives: Victoria, British Columbia) attended to Sitka station (Tlingit) |
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1889-1890 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) at St. Rose, Wrangell, attended to Sitka |
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1890-1898 |
Jesuits at Nativity, Juneau, attended to Sitka station |
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1898-1902 |
Jesuits at Our Lady, Douglas, attended to Sitka station |
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1902-1920 |
Jesuits at St. Mark’s, Skagway, attended to Sitka station |
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1920- 1940 |
Jesuits at Nativity, Juneau, attended to Sitka station |
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1940-1945 |
Jesuits established and administered St. Gregory of Nazianzen Church |
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1945-1951 |
Alaska vicariate apostolate priests (Fairbanks) administered St. Gregory of Nazianzen Church |
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1951-2020 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Gregory’s |
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2020-present |
Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered St. Gregory’s |
Juneau diocesan priests at St. Gregory’s attended to Sacred Heart Mission (Tlingit), Hoonah, 1960-1976 (transferred to Nativity, Juneau).
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1879-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Gregory of Nazianzen Church and Sacred Heart Mission
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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