GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Mississippi: MS-5
Holy Rosary Indian Mission
10131 Holy Rosary Road
P.O. Box 37
Philadelphia, MS 39350
Phone: 601-656-2880
Hours: See website
Access: See website
Copying facilities: Unknown
History: Holy Rosary Mission, Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, has been a predominantly Native American (Choctaw) parish in the Diocese of Jackson (Archives: Jackson, Mississippi).
| 1883-1884 | Father B.J. Bekkers visited the Choctaw Indians of Tucker, Neshoba County, now also known as rural Philadelphia, Mississippi |
| 1884-1911 | Father Bekkers established and administered Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Mission (Choctaw), Tucker |
| 1885-1906 | Father Bekkers added a day school staffed by the Sisters of Mercy (then St. Francis Xavier Convent, Vicksburg, Mississippi (Archives: Belmont, North Carolina) |
| 1900-1905 | Rosminians [Institute of Charity] (Archives: Peoria, Illinois) administered Holy Rosary |
| 1905-1922 | A diocesan priest administered Holy Rosary |
| 1906-1944 | Holy Rosary school continued with a lay teacher |
| By 1915 | Many Choctaw Indians had moved to the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma; however, several families later returned to Tucker, Neshoba, and nearby counties |
| 1922-1932 | The Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Archives: Arlington, Virginia) administered the religious education ministries at Holy Rosary and Tekakwitha House |
| 1932-1946 | Jackson diocesan priests administered Holy Rosary |
| 1934-1944 | Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (Archives: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) administered the religious education ministries at Tekakwitha House |
| 1946-present | Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity (Archives: Silver Spring, Maryland) have administered Holy Rosary |
| 1970-1980 | Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity administered the religious education ministries |
Diocesan and religious congregation priests from Holy Rosary attended the following Native American (Choctaw) missions and stations:
| 1903-1916 (mission destroyed by fire) | Forest mission station, Scott County |
| 1914-1923 | Lake station, Newton and Scott Counties |
| 1923-1944 | Standing Pine station, Leake County |
| 1944-present | St. Catherine Mission (Choctaw), Conehatta |
| 1945-1950 | Pearl River station, Neshoba County |
| 1950-1970 | St. Francis de Sales Mission, Pearl River, Neshoba County |
| 1973-present | St. Theresa Mission, Pearl River, Neshoba County |
Holding of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1880s?-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Holy Rosary Mission and its missions and stations.
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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