GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-10

Sacred Heart Church
P.O. Box 190
Emmonak, AK 99581

Phone: 907-949-1012
Website: See Diocese of Fairbanks (Who We Are: Parishes)

 

History:  Sacred Heart Church, Emmonak, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a predominantly Native American (Yup鈥檌k Eskimo) parish in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska). Sacred Heart is located at the mouth of the Yukon River, 10 miles from the Bering Sea.

1943-1951

Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Mary鈥檚, Akularak, established and attended Sacred Heart Mission (Yup鈥檌k Eskimo), Emmonak, plus Sheldon Point and other stations

1953

Sacred Heart Mission, Emmonak, was built

1964-1965

The residents of Emmonak relocated their village due to periodic flooding and erosion

1967

A new Sacred Heart Mission was built at the relocated Emmonak community

1969-1980s

Jesuits at St. Joseph鈥檚, Kotlik, attended to Sacred Heart  

1990-present

Became a parish; first Jesuits and then Fairbanks diocesan priests have administered Sacred Heart Church

1990-present

Permanent deacons (Yup鈥檌k Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yup鈥檌k Eskimo) have assisted in the administration of Sacred Heart

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1990-ongoing   

Volume: Few volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart 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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