GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Italy: IT-1

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History: Pope Leo X recognized the Capuchins as a distinct Franciscan branch, 1517, who self-identify with the post-nominal initials, 鈥淥.F.M. Cap.鈥 They evangelized Native Americans in New France (present-day Alabama and Louisiana), 17-18th centuries, and in the United States, they made their first foundation, 1857. The following U.S. provinces have evangelized Native Americans. For more information, see the guide entries on the province archives.

1857-present

St. Joseph Province (Archives: Detroit, Michigan): Kansas, Michigan, Montana

1893-1979 (succeeded by Our Lady of Angels Province)

Irish Province (Archives: Dublin, Ireland): California, Oregon

1979-present

Our Lady of Angels Province (Archives: Burlingame, California): California

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States: Unknown.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 蜜桃影像 Archives.

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