GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Idaho: ID-8
Sacred Heart Church
205 East Birch Avenue
Lapwai, ID 83540
Phone: 208-843-2562
Email: sacredheartlapwai@gmail.com
History: Sacred Heart Church, Lapwai, Idaho, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Boise (Archives: Boise, Idaho).
1877-1969 |
Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Joseph鈥檚, Culdesac, established and attended Sacred Heart/ Nez Perce Mission (Nez Perce) |
1970-1979 |
Became a parish; Jesuits administered Sacred Heart Church |
1980-1989 |
Boise diocesan priests administered Sacred Heart |
1990-2009 |
Boise diocesan priests have attended Sacred Heart from St. James, Lewiston |
2009-present |
Boise diocesan priests have attended Sacred Heart from All Saints, Lewiston |
History of St. Joseph Mission, School, and Children鈥檚 Home:
1874-1965 (closed) |
Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered St. Joseph Mission (Nez Perce), Culdesac/ Slickpoo, Nez Perce Reservation |
1902-1969 (closed) |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Los Angeles Province)/ Sisters of St. Joseph (Lewiston, Idaho) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and staffed St. Joseph School |
1903-1909 |
Jesuits from St. Joseph鈥檚 attended to students at the Fort Lapwai Government Indian School (Nez Perce), Lapwai |
ca. 1945-unknown (closed) |
Sisters of St. Joseph established and staffed St. Joseph Children鈥檚 Home |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1894-ongoing
Volume: More than .5 cubic foot
Description: Sacramental records for Sacred Heart Church and St. Joseph Mission:
A. Sacred Heart Church, 1894-ongoing, 6 volumes; re: baptisms, first communions, confirmations, and burials
B. St. Joseph Mission, 1867-1893, ca. 1905, 1 volume; re: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials, 1867-1893 with appended parish census, historical notes, biographical sketches of Rev. Joseph Cataldo, S.J., and his reminiscences of St. Joseph鈥檚, ca. 1905
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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