GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-2
St. Peter Mission School
1500 North St. Peter Road
Bapchule, AZ 85121
Phone: 520-315-3835
Email: See website (Contact)
Hours: See website (Contact)
History of St. Peter Mission School, Bapchule, Pinal County, Arizona, has been a predominantly Native American (Pima) mission and school on the Gila River Reservation and in the Diocese of Phoenix (Archives: Phoenix, Arizona).
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1873-1890s |
Tucson diocesan priests at Assumption Church, Florence, visited the Gila River Reservation (Pima) |
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1900-1915 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) established and administered St. Peter Mission (Pima), Sacaton/ Bapchule |
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1915-1992 |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) administered St. Peter Mission |
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1923-1933 |
Lay teachers (Pima) established and staffed St. Peter Mission School (Pima) |
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1933-1935 (transferred to Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity) |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (Archives: Orange, California) staffed St. Peter’s |
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1935-present |
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Archives: Manitowoc, Wisconsin) have staffed the school |
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Ca. 1992-2015 |
Permanent deacons (Pima) administered St. Peter Mission |
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2015-present |
Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit (Archives: Laveen, Arizona) have administered St. Peter’s Mission |
Various priests and deacons at St. Peter’s attended the following Native American missions in the Phoenix Diocese:
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1938-1998 (transferred to St. John’s, Laveen) |
St. Francis Mission (Maricopa), Ak-chin, Ak-chin Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
Holy Family Mission (Pima), Blackwater, Gila River Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
Our Lady of Victory Mission (Pima), Sacaton Flats, Gila River Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
St. Anne Mission (Pima), Santan, Gila River Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
St. Anthony Mission (Pima), Sacaton, Gila River Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
St. Michael Mission (Maricopa, Pima), Sacaton Flats, Gila River Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
St. Paschal Mission (Maricopa and Pima), Blackwater, Gila River Reservation |
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1949-2015 (transferred to Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit) |
St. Peter Mission (Pima), Casa Blanca, Gila River Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing
Volume: At least 6 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Peter School were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is by record type.
/1 Student Records
Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing
Volume: At least 4 cubic feet
Description: School attendance records, class lists, and cumulative files with sacramental records (e.g. first communions) and transcripts.
/2 Photography
Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 cubic feet
Description: School activities with students and Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.
For student attendance records -- see -- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Special Collections and Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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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