GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-10

St. William Church
802 University Boulevard
Durant, OK 74701

Phone: 405-924-1989
Email: See website (parish finder)

 

History: St. William Church, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1896-1902

Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) at Our Lady of Good Council, Leigh, attended to Durant station (Choctaw), Bryan County

1902-1912

Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Ardmore, established and attended to St. Catherine Mission (Choctaw), Durant

1912-1934

Became a parish; Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered St. William/ St. Catherine Mission, Durant

1934-1942

Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. David’s, Tishomingo, attended to St. William Mission

1942-1945

Benedictines at St. Gregory’s, Shawnee, attended to St. William’s

1945-1972

Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered St. William’s

1972-present

Tulsa diocesan priests have administered St. William’s

Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. William’s/ Catherine's attended to these Native American (Choctaw, Chickasaw) missions and stations in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma:

1912-1915 (transferred to St. Henry's, Bentley)

St. William Mission (Choctaw), Boswell, Choctaw County

1912-1928 (became a mission)

Caddo station (Choctaw), Bryan County

1928-1934 (closed)

Sacred Heart Mission (Choctaw), Caddo, Bryan County

1925-1930 (became a parish) (no longer Native)

St. David Mission (Chickasaw), Tishomingo, Johnston County

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1912-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records for Native American parishioners of St. William Church and its attended missions and stations; baptisms and deaths, 1912-ongoing, marriages, 1913-ongoing, and first communions and confirmations, 1914-ongoing.

 

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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