GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-3

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
1216 Twelfth Road
P.O. Box 187
Bark River, MI 49807

Phone: 906-466-9938
Email: stelizabeth@stelizabethannseton.us

 

History: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Bark River, Delta County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Marquette (Archives: Marquette, Michigan). St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was created by consolidating St. George Church, Bark River, and other nearby parishes. Marquette diocesan priests at St. George’s had attended to St. Kateri Church/ St. James Mission (Potawatomi), Harris/ Hannahville Reservation, Menominee County, Michigan.

1946, 1955-1960	Jesuits (Detroit Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and attended St. James Mission, Harris/Hannahville, from Escanaba
1947-1955	Jesuits at Marquette attended to St. James
1960-1972	Capuchins (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) at Sacred Heart, Baraga, attended to St. James
1972-1976	Became a parish and renamed; Marquette diocesan priests administered St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church
1976-1982 (closed)	Marquette diocesan priests attended St. Kateri’s from St. George’s, Bark River

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1972-1982

Volume: 1 volume

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church; previous records for St. James Mission, 1946-1960, have been kept at St. Isaac Jogues Church, Sault Sainte Marie.

 

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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