GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-31

St. Charles Borromeo Mission
21228 South Pryor Gap Road
P.O. Box 29
Pryor, MT 59066

Phone: 406-259-9747

 

History: St. Charles Borromeo Mission, Pryor, Crow Reservation, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Crow) parish in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).

1892	Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established St. Charles Borromeo Mission (Crow), Crow Reservation
1892-1898 (closed)	Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) staffed St. Charles Borromeo School
1893-1936	Jesuits at St. Francis Xavier, St. Xavier, attended to St. Charles
1925-1930s	Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) reopened and staffed the school
1935-present	Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis (Archives: Oldenburg, Indiana) have staffed the school
1936-1966	Jesuits administered St. Charles
1967-present	Became a parish; Capuchins have administered St. Charles Church

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1908-present 

Volume: Over 3 volumes 

Description: The records at St. Charles Borromeo Church and School were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is by record type.

A. Sacramental Records, 1908-ongoing, 3 volumes

B. School Records: ca. 1925-ongoing, few folders

 

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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