GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-4
St. Mary Church
101 East Street Southwest
Ardmore, OK 73401
Phone: 580-223-0231
Email: See website (contact us)
History: St. Mary Church, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Chickasaw Nation and in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Archives: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
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1890-1895 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Elizabeth’s, Purcell, attended to Ardmore station (Choctaw, Chickasaw) |
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1895-1897 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Patrick’s, Norman, attended to Ardmore station |
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1897 |
Became a parish; a church was constructed on lands donated by Dick McLish, Chickasaw Nation chairman |
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1897-present (few Natives) |
Diocesan priests established and administered St. Mary/ Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church |
History: St. Agnes Academy and Boarding School, Ardmore, was located at St. Mary Church, Ardmore.
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1898-1932 (no longer Native) |
Sisters of Mercy (now Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) (Archives: Belmont, North Carolina) established and staffed St. Agnes Academy for Girls (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Ardmore |
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1915-1921 (closed) |
Sisters of Mercy established and staffed St. Agnes Boarding School for Boys (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Ardmore |
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1932 |
Native students no longer attended St. Agnes became tribal funds for their tuition payments became depleted |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Mary's attended to the following Native American (Choctaw, Chickasaw) missions and stations in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations:
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1900-1912 (transferred to Blessed Sacrament, Coalgate) |
Tishomingo station (Chickasaw), Johnston County |
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1902-1912 (became a parish) |
St. Catherine Mission (Choctaw), Durant, Bryan County |
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1904-1910 (closed) |
Paul’s Valley station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County |
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1904-1912 (transferred to St. Catherine's, Durant) |
Caddo station (Choctaw), Bryan County |
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1908-1915 (closed) |
Wynnewood station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin Oklahoma |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1897-ongoing; bulk 1897-1932
Volume: Several volumes
Description: The records at St. Mary’s Church are described by record type, since they were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivist, 1980.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1897-ongoing; bulk 1897-1930s
Volume: Many records within multiple volumes
Description: Records for St. Mary Church, its Native American missions and stations, and the St. Agnes schools; baptisms, 1897-ca. 1930s, marriages, 1899 ca. 1930s, deaths, 1898-ca. 1930s, first communions, 1910-ca. 1930s, and confirmations, 1902-ca. 1930s
/2 School records
Inclusive dates: 1898-1932
Volume: Unknown
Description: St. Agnes schools
/3 Parish cemetery map
Inclusive dates: ca. 1890-ongoing
Volume: 1 page
Description: Presumably includes some Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian parishioners.
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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