GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-44
Holy Ghost Church
120 West Sequoyah Avenue
Vinita, OK 74301
Phone: 918-256-2281
Email: holyghostvinita@gmail.com
History: Holy Ghost Church, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Cherokee Nation and in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma).
1877-1887 |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) at Sacred Heart, Konawa/ Sacred Heart, attended to Vinita station (Cherokee) |
1887-1888 |
Benedictines at St. Joseph鈥檚, Krebs, attended to Vinita station |
1888-1892 |
Benedictines at St. John鈥檚, McAlester, attended to Vinita station |
1892-1895 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Assumption, Muskogee, attended to Vinita station |
1895-1925 |
Became a parish; Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered Holy Ghost Church, Vinita |
1898-1899 |
Benedictine Sisters (Archives: Fort Smith, Arkansas) established and staffed Sacred Heart Institute (Cherokee), Vinita |
1899-1903 |
Sisters of Mount Carmel (Archives: Lacombe, Louisiana) staffed the Institute |
1903-1920s (No longer Native) |
Sisters of Divine Providence (Archives: San Antonio, Texas) staffed the Institute |
1925-1920s (no longer Native) |
Society of the Precious Blood (unknown) administered Holy Ghost |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Holy Ghost attended to the following Native American missions and stations in Oklahoma:
1895-1902 (transferred to St. Mary's, Quapaw) |
St. Mathias Mission (Cayuga), Cayuga Springs, Delaware County |
1895-1904 (closed) |
Grove station (Cherokee), Delaware County |
1895-1909 (closed) |
Chouteau station (Cherokee), Mayes County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1895-1910 (closed) |
Prior Creek station (Cherokee), Mayes County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1895-1915 (closed) |
Adair station (Cherokee), Mayes County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1895-1925 (closed) |
Chelsea station (Cherokee), Rogers County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1896-1909 (closed) |
Echo Schoolhouse station (Cherokee) [unknown] |
1896-1909 (closed) |
Opeechee station (Cherokee) [unknown] |
1896-1909 (closed) |
Ruby station (Cherokee) [unknown] |
1898-1925 (closed) |
Afton station (Cherokee), Ottawa County |
1899-1909 (became a mission) |
Welch station (Cherokee), Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
1909-1927 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Miami) (no longer Native) |
St. Anne Mission (Cherokee), Welch, Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
1901-1915 (closed) |
Centralia station (Cherokee), Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
1915-1925 (closed) |
St. Mathias Mission (Cayuga), Cayuga Springs, Delaware County |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1867, 1869, 1892-1920s
Volume: 2 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of Holy Ghost Church, Sacred Heart Institute, and their attended missions and stations: baptisms, 1867, 1869, 1892-ca. 1920s, marriages, 1895-ca. 1920s, deaths, 1910-ca. 1920s, first communions, 1909-ca. 1920s, and confirmations, 1895-1903.
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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