The roots of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions began in 1873 with the appointment of a Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions. The purpose of that office, which was incorporated the following year as the Office of the Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions and later renamed the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, was to protect, promote, and administer the interests of the Catholic Church with respect to missions and evangelization among the Native Americans in the United States. In so doing, it advocated for and raised funds for Catholic missions and related Native American social and cultural issues in general.

Notable People: Officers and personnel of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions plus allied fund raising raising organizations.

Notable Events: Notable events regarding the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions and Catholic evangelization of Native Americans in the present-day United States.

Notable Missions: Notable Native American Catholic missions, parishes and schools in the present-day United States.

Notable People

Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions/ Office of Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions

Commissioners

Executive Directors

*Vice-Postulator of the Canonization Cause of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, 2006-present; Office of the Vice-Postulator for the United States relocated to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions.

Assistant or Associate Directors

*Legislative Assistant, 1995-2001.

Presidents of the Board of Directors/Committee of Prelates

Editor, The Indian Sentinel

Field Missionaries

Field Lecturers

Secretaries

Treasurers

Legal Advisors

Associated Fund Raising Organizations