GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-34

St. Francis Xavier Church
513 Howard Street
Petoskey, MI 49770

Phone: 231-347-4133
Email: petoskeysfx@gmail.com

 

History: St. Francis Xavier Church, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan).

1859-1882

Detroit diocesan priests from Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, established and attended to St. Francis Solano Mission (Ottawa), Petoskey

1879-1881

Detroit diocesan priests established and attended St. Francis Xavier Mission (Ottawa) from Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs

1881-1884

Became a parish; Grand Rapids diocesan priests administered St. Francis Xavier Church

1882-1897 (closed)

Grand Rapids diocesan priests at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Francis Solano Mission (Ottawa), Petoskey

1884-1897 (no longer Native)

Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, attended to St. Francis Xavier

1897-2000s

Franciscans administered St. Francis Xavier

2000s-present

Gaylord diocesan priests have administered St. Francis Xavier

Franciscans at St. Francis Xavier attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa, Ottawa) missions and stations in Michigan:

1897-1899 (closed)

St. Ignatius Mission, Beaver Island

1897-1905 (transferred to Holy Cross, Beaver Island)

Garden Island station

1897-1905 (transferred to Holy Cross, Beaver Island)

High Island station

1897-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

St. Joseph Mission, Hart/ Elbridge

1897-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

Fern station

1897-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown

1897-1920 (closed)

Blessed Sacrament Mission, Elk Rapids

1897-1929 (transferred to St. Mary's, Charlevoix)

St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore

1910-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

Garden Island station

1910-1918 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

St. Joseph Mission, High Island

1927-1930s (closed)

St. Francis Solano Mission, Petoskey

1929-1938 (closed)

Sacred Heart Mission, Garden Island

1929-1939 (closed)

St. Joseph Mission, High Island

1929-1947 (transferred to St. Clement鈥檚, Pellston)

St. Mary Mission, Burt Lake

1929-1947 (transferred to Holy Cross, Cross Village)

St. Ignatius Mission, Middle Village

1929-1948 (transferred to St. Wenceslaus, Omena)

Immaculate Conception Mission, Peshawbestown

1947-1948 (transferred to Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs)

St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore

1955-present

St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1881-ongoing

Volume: 1 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records for:

A. St. Francis Xavier Church and its missions and stations: baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1881-ongoing; first communions, 1885-ongoing; and confirmations, 1883-ongoing

B. St. Francis Solanus, Bay Shore: baptisms and deaths, 1902-ongoing; marriages, 1901-ongoing; first communions, 1910-ongoing; and confirmations, 1920-ongoing; although St. Francis Solanus Mission, Bay Shore, was attended from St. Mary's, Charlevoix, 1929-1947, and Holy Childhood, Harbor Springs, 1948-1955, the sacramental records for those years are at St. Francis Xavier 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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