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
History: Holy Ghost Church, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Cherokee Nation and in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma).
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1877-1887 |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) at Sacred Heart, Konawa/ Sacred Heart, attended to Vinita station (Cherokee) |
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1887-1888 |
Benedictines at St. Joseph’s, Krebs, attended to Vinita station |
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1888-1892 |
Benedictines at St. John’s, McAlester, attended to Vinita station |
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1892-1895 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Assumption, Muskogee, attended to Vinita station |
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1895-1925 |
Became a parish; Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered Holy Ghost Church, Vinita |
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1898-1899 |
Benedictine Sisters (Archives: Fort Smith, Arkansas) established and staffed Sacred Heart Institute (Cherokee), Vinita |
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1899-1903 |
Sisters of Mount Carmel (Archives: Lacombe, Louisiana) staffed the Institute |
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1903-1920s (No longer Native) |
Sisters of Divine Providence (Archives: 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 at Holy Ghost attended to the following Native American missions and stations in Oklahoma:
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1895-1902 (transferred to St. Mary's, Quapaw) |
St. Mathias Mission (Cayuga), Cayuga Springs, Delaware County |
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1895-1904 (closed) |
Grove station (Cherokee), Delaware County |
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1895-1909 (closed) |
Chouteau station (Cherokee), Mayes County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
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1895-1910 (closed) |
Prior Creek station (Cherokee), Mayes County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
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1895-1915 (closed) |
Adair station (Cherokee), Mayes County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
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1895-1925 (closed) |
Chelsea station (Cherokee), Rogers County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
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1896-1909 (closed) |
Echo Schoolhouse station (Cherokee) [unknown] |
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1896-1909 (closed) |
Opeechee station (Cherokee) [unknown] |
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1896-1909 (closed) |
Ruby station (Cherokee) [unknown] |
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1898-1925 (closed) |
Afton station (Cherokee), Ottawa County |
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1899-1909 (became a mission) |
Welch station (Cherokee), Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
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1909-1927 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Miami) (no longer Native) |
St. Anne Mission (Cherokee), Welch, Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
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1901-1915 (closed) |
Centralia station (Cherokee), Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
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1915-1925 (closed) |
St. Mathias Mission (Cayuga), Cayuga Springs, Delaware County |
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.
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