GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-44
Holy Ghost Church
120 West Sequoyah Avenue
Vinita, OK 74301
Phone: 918-256-2281
Email: holyghostvinita@gmail.com
https://dioceseoftulsa.org/parishfinder
History: Holy Ghost Church, Vinita, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish.
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1877-1887 |
Benedictines (St. Benedict’s Abbey, Shawnee, Oklahoma) attended Vinita station (Cherokee) from Sacred Heart Mission, Konawa/ Sacred Heart |
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1887-1888 |
Benedictines attended Vinita station from St. Joseph’s, Krebs |
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1888-1892 |
Benedictines attended Vinita station from St. John’s, McAlester |
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1892-1895 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests attended Vinita station from Assumption, Muskogee |
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1895-1925 |
Became a parish; Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered Holy Ghost Church |
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1898-1899 |
Benedictine Sisters (St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith/ Shoal Creek, Arkansas) established and staffed Sacred Heart Institute (Cherokee) |
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1899-1903 |
Sisters of Mount Carmel (Lacombe/ New Orleans, Louisiana) staffed the Institute |
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1903-1920s (No longer Native) |
Sisters of Divine Providence (San Antonio, Texas) staffed the Institute |
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1925-1920s (no longer Native) |
Society of the Precious Blood (unknown) administered Holy Ghost |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests from Holy Ghost attended the following missions and stations among Native Americans:
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1895-1902 (transferred to St. Mary's, Quapaw) |
St. Mathias Mission (Cayuga), Cayuga |
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1895-1904 (closed) |
Grove station (Cherokee) |
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1895-1909 (closed) |
Chouteau station (Cherokee) |
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1895-1910 (closed) |
Prior Creek station (Cherokee) |
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1895-1915 (closed) |
Adair station (Cherokee) |
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1895-1925 (closed) |
Chelsea station (Cherokee) |
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1896-1909 (closed) |
Echo Schoolhouse station (Cherokee) |
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1896-1909 (closed) |
Opeechee station (Cherokee) |
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1896-1909 (closed) |
Ruby station (Cherokee) |
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1898-1925 (closed) |
Afton station (Cherokee) |
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1899-1909 (became a mission) |
Welch station (Cherokee) |
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1909-1927 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Miami) (no longer Native) |
St. Anne Mission (Cherokee), Welch |
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1901-1915 (closed) |
Centralia station (Cherokee) |
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1915-1925 (closed) |
St. Mathias Mission (Cayuga), Cayuga |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1867, 1869, 1892-1920s
Volume: 2 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of Holy Ghost Church, Sacred Heart Institute, and their attended missions and stations: baptisms, 1867, 1869, 1892-ca. 1920s, marriages, 1895-ca. 1920s, deaths, 1910-ca. 1920s, first communions, 1909-ca. 1920s, and confirmations, 1895-1903.
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.
New1984/rev2003-2018
