GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Florida: FL-1

St. Leo the Great Church
28290 Beaumont Road
Bonita Springs, FL 34134

Phone: 239-992-0901
Email: See website

 

History: St. Leo the Great Church, Bonita Springs, Florida, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Venice (Archives: Venice, Florida). The parish has had some Native American (e.g. Maya) parishioners, 1980s-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1980s-ongoing

Volume: Few records

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Leo the Great Church.

 

Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.

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