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GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-33

St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church
2753 North West Bay Shore Drive
Peshawbestown, MI 49682

Phone: 231-271-6651

 

History: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, Peshawbestown, Leelanau County, Michigan, has been a predominantly Native American Ottawa, Ojibwa) parish in the Diocese of Gaylord (Archives: Gaylord, Michigan).

1853-1895

Detroit diocesan priests founded and attended to Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown/ Eagletown

1995-1949

Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province, St. Louis, Missouri) administered Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown/ Eagletown

1949-1971

Grand Rapids diocesan priests at St. Wenceslaus, Gills Pier/ Suttons Bay, attended to Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown

1971-1984

Gaylord diocesan priests at St. Wenceslaus, Gills Pier/ Suttons Bay, attended to Immaculate Conception/ St. Mary Mission, Peshawbestown

1984-2000s

Franciscans (Sacred Heart Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) and (Assumption Province) (Archives: Franklin, Wisconsin) administered St. Kateri Tekakwitha/ Immaculate Conception

2000s-present

A religious sister has administered St. Kateri Tekakwitha

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1853-present

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha/ Immaculate Conception Church.

 

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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