GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Indiana: IN-18
St. Francis Xavier Basilica Library and Museum
20 Church Street
Vincennes, IN 47591
Phone: 812-882-7016
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: No
History: St. Francis Xavier Basilica/ Cathedral/ Church, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish that had some Native American (Illinois, Métis) parishioners in the Diocese of Evansville (Archives: Evansville, Indiana).
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1727 |
Pére Gabriel Guymonneau, S.J. [Jesuits] (Canada Province) (Archives: Montreal, Quebec) established a mission at Fort Vincennes (Illinois, Métis) |
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1732-1736 (died) |
Pére Guymonneau, S.J., established and administered St. Francis Xavier Church (Illinois, Métis), Vincennes |
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1736-1763 |
Other Jesuits served the parish intermittently |
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1769-present |
Diocesan priests (formerly Vincennes, now Evansville) succeeded the Jesuits in administering the parish |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1749-1860s
Volume: Several entries among .5 cubic foot
Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Church, Vincennes.
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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