GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Maine: ME-1
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church
31 Calais Avenue
P.O. Box 898
Calais, ME 04619-0898
Phone: 207-853-2516
History: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, Calais, Maine, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Portland in Maine (Archives: Portland, Maine). Portland diocesan priests assisted by a permanent deacon have administered St. Kateri, which has had some Native American (e.g. Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot) parishioners, 2008-present. Portland diocesan priests at St. Kateri’s have attended to the following predominantly Native American parishes in Maine.
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2008-present |
St. Ann Church (Passamaquoddy), Indian Township Reservation, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
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2008-present |
St. Ann Church (Passamaquoddy), Pleasant Point Reservation, Perry/ Pleasant Point |
St. Ann Church, Indian Township Reservation, and St. Ann Church, Perry, Pleasant Point Reservation:
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16th century -1760s |
Jesuits (French Province) (Archives: France) founded and administered St. Ann’s, Perry, and St. Ann’s, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
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1760s-1780s |
Itinerant Quebec diocesan priests (Archives: Quebec, Quebec) attended to St. Ann's, Perry, and St. Ann’s, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
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1789-1808 |
Itinerant Baltimore diocesan priests (Archives: Baltimore, Maryland) attended to St. Ann's, Perry, and St. Ann’s, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
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1808-1853 |
Itinerant Boston diocesan priests (Archives: Baintree, Massachusetts) attended to St. Ann's, Perry, and St. Ann’s, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
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1853-1926 |
Itinerant diocesan priests from the Portland Diocese attended St. Ann's, Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Peter Dana Point |
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1926-2008 |
Portland diocesan priests administered St. Ann's, Perry/ Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1926?-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church and St. Ann Church, Indian Township, and St. Ann Church, Perry.
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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