GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-29

St. Joseph Church
P.O. Box 20228
Kotlik, AK 99620

Phone: 907-899-4715

 

History: St. Joseph Church, Kotlik, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).

1949-1960

Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Anthony’s, Hamilton, established and attended St. Joseph Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Kotlik

1960-1969

Jesuits at St. Michael’s, St. Michael, attended to St. Joseph’s

1969-1990s

Became a parish; Jesuits have administered St. Joseph Church

1980s-present

Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) have ministered to St. Joseph’s

1980s-present

Religious sisters (e.g. Ursulines, Sisters of St. Francis, School Sisters of Notre Dame) have ministered to St. Joseph’s

1980s-present

Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to St. Joseph’s

Jesuits from St. Joseph’s have attended the following Eskimo missions:

1969-1980s (became a parish)

Sacred Heart Mission, Emmonak

1970s-present

St. Anthony Mission, Hamilton

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1969-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners for St. Joseph Church and Sacred Heart and St. Anthony Missions.    

 

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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