GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Washington: WA-30
St. Leo the Great Church
710 South Thirteenth Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
Phone: 253-272-5136
Email: admin@stleoparish.org
History: St. Leo the Great Church, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Seattle (Archives: Seattle, Washington).
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1879-1911 |
Rev. J.B.A. Brondel and Rev. Peter F. Hylebos, two Seattle/ Nisqually diocesan priests, administered St. Leo’s |
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1911-present |
Jesuits (California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) have administered St. Leo the Great, Tacoma |
Rev. Hylebos and Jesuits at St. Leo’s attended to the following Native American missions and school:
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1884-1888 (transferred to St. George’s, Blanchet) |
St. Anne Church (Tulalip), Tulalip Reservation |
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1884-1888 (transferred to St. George’s, Blanchet) |
St. John the Baptist Mission (Puyallup), Puyallup Reservation |
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1913-1919 (closed) |
Cushman Government Indian Trade School (e.g. Lummi, Nisqually, Puyallup), Tacoma |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1879-1919
Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot
Description: The records at St. Leo Church were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1879-1888
Volume: Few entries among several volumes
Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. John the Baptist Mission and students at the Cushman Government Indian School
/2 Annual reports (copies) by Rev. Peter F. Hylebos, 1879-1919; re: evangelization among the Lummi, Nisqually, and Puyallup Indians; some in French; from the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain, Belgium).
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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