GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Illinois: IL-17

Catholic Church. Diocese of Peoria. Chancery
419 Northeast Madison Avenue 
Peoria, IL 61603

Phone: 309-671-1550

 

History: The Diocese of Peoria was erected for western Illinois, 1875. At least one parish in Urbana has had Native American (Maya) parishioners, 1980s-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown. But it is believed to include sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials, for Maya Indians in Urbana, 1980s-ongoing.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives. 

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