GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-26

Benedictines. Mount Angel Abbey
One Abbey Drive
St. Benedict, OR 97373

Phone: 503-845-3030

 

History: Benedictines established Mount Angel Abbey, 1882, which was raised to an Abbey, 1904.  Mount Angel Benedictines administered the following Native American missions and parishes:

1895-1899 (transferred to Portland Archdiocese)

St. Francis Xavier Mission (Cowlitz), Toledo/ Cowlitz Prairie, Washington

1900-1901 (transferred to Portland Archdiocese)

St. Michael the Archangel Mission (Grand Ronde), Grande Ronde, Grand Ronde Reservation, Oregon

1915-1934 (transferred to Portland Archdiocese)

Chemawa Government Indian School (e.g. Chinook, Klamath, Grand Ronde, Siletz), Salem, Oregon

2000-2010s

St./ Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Chapel (Bannock, Shoshoni), Fort Hall, Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho

2000-2010s

St. Bernard Church (Bannock, Shoshoni), Blackfoot, Idaho

2000-2010s

St. Theresa of the Little Flower Church (Nez Perce), Orofino, Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.

 

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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