GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE .S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Maine: ME-3
St. Ann Church
Center Street
P.O. Box 358
Old Town, ME 04468
Phone: 207-827-2172
History: St. Ann Church, Old Town, Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Maine, has been a predominantly Native American (Penobscot) parish in the Diocese of Portland in Maine (Archives: Portland, Maine).
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1688-1702 |
Father Louis-Pierre Thury (1644-1699), a Quebec diocesan priest, founded and attended St. Ann Mission (Penobscot), Indian Island |
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1702-1760s |
Itinerant Jesuits (French Province) (Archives: Vanves, France) attended to St. Ann鈥檚 |
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1760s-1789 |
Itinerant Quebec diocesan priests (Archives: Quebec, Quebec) attended to St. Ann's |
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1791 |
Passamaquoddy leaders requested a priest from the Archbishop of Baltimore |
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1791-1808 |
Itinerant Baltimore diocesan priests (Archives: Baltimore, Maryland) attended to St. Ann鈥檚 |
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1808-1820s |
Itinerant Boston diocesan priests (Archives: Baintree, Massachusetts) attended to St. Ann鈥檚 |
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1827 |
Rev. Virgil H. Barber, S.J. [Jesuits], evangelized Native Americans in Maine |
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1848-1850 |
Rev. John Bapst, S.J., revived St. Ann鈥檚 and evangelized nearby Native Americans |
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1850s-1926 |
Itinerant diocesan priests from the Diocese of Portland attended St. Ann's |
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1926-present |
Portland diocesan priests have administered St. Ann Church, Penobscot Indian Island Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1688-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Ann Church.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 向日葵视频 Archives.
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