GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-31

St. Michael Church
1445 North Twenty-Fourth Street
Milwaukee, WI 53205

Phone: 414-933-3143
Email: st.michaelsrectory@gmail.com

 

History of St. Michael Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin).

1950s-1980s

A few Native Americans in Milwaukee (e.g. Menominee, Ojibwa, Winnebago [Ho Chunk]) became parishioners of St. Michael鈥檚

1980-1988 (closed)

In response to Native Americans residing in Milwaukee, Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. (1927-), established the Siggenauk Center (e.g. Menominee, Ojibwa, Winnebago [Ho Chunk]) as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee

1980-1980s

Pastors of St. Michael鈥檚 served as chaplains of the Siggenauk Center

1980-1988

Some Siggenauk Center members celebrated their sacraments at St. Michael鈥檚

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1950s-1988

Volume: Few entries

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) of sacraments celebrated by Native Americans at St. Michael鈥檚.

 

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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