GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Utah: UT-8
St. Helen Church
435 East Second North
Roosevelt, UT 84066
Phone: 435-722-2975
History: St. Helen Church, Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Salt Lake City (Archives: Salt Lake City, Utah).
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1937-1942 |
Paulist Fathers (Archives: New York, New York) established and administered St. Helen Church (Ute, in part), Roosevelt, Uintah and Ouray Reservation |
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1943-1950 |
Benedictines (St. John’s Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) administered St. Helen’s |
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1950-1972 |
Salt Lake City diocesan priests administered St. Helen’s |
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1972-1973 |
Jesuits (California Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Helen’s |
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1974-1982 |
Salt Lake City diocesan priests administered St. Helen’s |
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1982-1984 |
Servites (U.S.A. Province) (Archives: Chicago, Illinois) administered St. Helen’s |
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1984-present |
Salt Lake City diocesan priests have administered St. Helen’s |
Various priests from St. Helen’s have attended the following Ute Indian missions and stations on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation:
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1937-1950 (became a mission) |
Duchesne station |
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1937-1950 |
Whiterocks station |
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1950-present |
Holy Spirit Mission, Duchesne |
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1950-1980 (became a mission) |
Fort Duchesne station |
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1981-present |
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission, Fort Duchesne |
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1981-1982 |
Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement (Archives: Garrison, New York) established and staffed Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Indian Center (Ute), Fort Duchesne |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1937-ongoing
Volume: Several entries within several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Ute Indian parishioners of St. Helen Church and its attended 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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