GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Indiana: IN-12

Holy Family Church
56407 Mayflower Road
South Bend, IN 46619

Phone: 574-282-2317
Email: hfamily135@diocesefwsb.org

 

History: Holy Church, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (Archives: Fort Wayne, Indiana). Fort Wayne-South Bend diocesan priests have administered the parish, which has had some Native American parishioners (e.g. Maya), 1970s-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1970s-ongoing

Volume: Few records among several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Holy Family 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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