GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-32
St. Lawrence Church
P.O. Box 32205
Mountain Village, AK 99632
Phone: 907-591-2348
History: St. Lawrence Church, Mountain Village, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish at the foot of Azachorok Mountain in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1890s-1921 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) at St. Mary鈥檚, Akulurak, attended to Mountain Village station (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1921-2000 |
Jesuits established and administered St. Lawrence/ St. Barbara Church (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1920s?-1990s? |
Sisters of St. Ann (unknown) and Sisters of St. Joseph (unknown) served the parishioners of St. Lawrence |
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1990s-present |
Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish and provided day-to-day administration |
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2000s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to St. Lawrence |
Jesuits and diocesan priests from St. Lawrence, Mountain Village, attended the following Native (Yupik Eskimo) missions and stations:
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1914-1965 (transferred to Immaculate Heart, Marshall) |
Pilot Station (attended alternately from St. Lawrence, Mountain Village, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Russian Mission, and Immaculate Heart, Marshall) |
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1930-1970 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Bethel) |
Immaculate Heart/ Church of Mary, the Mother of God, Marshall
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1932-1960 |
Tukchuk station |
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1939-1950 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Bethel) |
St. Theresa Mission, Aniak |
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1965-present |
St. Charles Spinola Mission, Pilot Station (attended alternately from St. Lawrence, Mountain Village, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Russian Mission, and Immaculate Heart/ Church of Mary, Marshall |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1921-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Lawrence 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 向日葵视频 Archives.
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