GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-57

St. Rose of Lima Church
120 Church Street
P.O. Box 469
Wrangell, AK 99929

Phone: 907-874-3771

 

History: St. Rose of Lima Church, Wrangell, Wrangell Borough, Alaska, has been a mixed Native (Tlingit) and non-Native American parish in the Alaska panhandle and in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).

1879-1886

Rev. John Althoff of St. Andrew Cathedral (Archives: Victoria, British Columbia) founded St. Rose of Lima Church (Tlingit), which was administered by Victoria diocesan priests (Victoria, British Columbia)

1886-1896

Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) administered St. Rose

1898-1909

Jesuits at Our Lady of the Mines, Douglas, attended to St. Rose

1909-1930

Alaska prefecture apostate priests (Fairbanks) at Holy Name, Ketchikan, attended to St. Rose

1930-1940

Jesuits (Oregon Province) administered St. Rose

1940-1951

Alaska vicariate apostolate priests (Fairbanks) administered St. Rose

1951-1990

Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Rose

1990-2010s

Oblates of Mary Immaculate (United States Province) (Archives: Washington, D.C.) administered St. Rose

2010s-2020

Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Rose

2020-present

Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered St. Rose

Alaska vicariate/prefecture apostolate priests, Jesuits, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Juneau diocesan priests at St. Rose attended to the following mixed Native (Tlingit)-non-Native missions and stations in the Alaskan panhandle:

1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia)

Sitka station

1886-1890 (transferred to Nativity Church, Juneau)

Sitka station

1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia)

Taku/ Takou station

1886-1888 (closed)

Taku/ Takou station

1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia)

Hootsnoo station

1886-1888 (closed)

Hootsnoo station

1881-1882 (transferred to St. Andrew’s, Victoria, British Columbia)

Chilkat River/ Chilcat station

1886-1888 (closed)

Chilkat River/ Chilcat station

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1879-ongoing

Volume: Several entries among many volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Rose of Lima Church and its attended mixed Native-non-Native mission and stations. 

 

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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