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The organizational structure of The Catholic
Church in the United States is organized into 33 provinces. The geographic area of Alaska consists of Archdiocese of Anchorage, the Diocese of Fairbanks and the Diocese of Juneau for the Roman Catholic Church and
The Eparchy of Phoenix for the Byzantine Catholic
Church.
You may find possible locations of your
ancestors' Catholic Church records using the following contact information and
links.
v
The
Archdiocese of Anchorage includes a MAP of the Alaskan
Catholic dioceses on its web site.
v
Archdiocese
of Anchorage, Alaska
§ Chancery: 225 Cordova Street - Anchorage, AK 99501; Phone: 907-297-7700
§ Parish
Directory for the Archdiocese of Anchorage
§ History
of the Archdiocese of Anchorage
§ Cemeteries
of the Archdiocese of Anchorage
§ Below are some of the parish churches within this archdiocese:
Ø Holy Family Cathedral
- 800 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501
Ø St. Anthony Parish – 825
South Klevin Street - Anchorage, AK
99508; Phone: (907) 333-5544
Ø St. Benedict Parish - 8110
Jewel Lake Road - Anchorage, AK 99502; Phone: (907) 243-2195
Ø St. Andrew Parish - 16601
Artillery Rd. Eagle River, AK 99577; Phone: (907) 694-2170
Ø St.
Mary Parish – 2934 Mill Bay Road - Kodiak, AK 99615
Ø St.
Francis Xavier Parish - Valdez, AK
Churches for Military
Air Force
Our
Lady of Fatima Church - 10427 Kuter Avenue - Elmendorf Air Force
Base, AK; Phone: 907-552-4422.
Army
Our
Lady of the North - 600 Richardson Drive #150 (Attn: APVR-CH)
Fort Richardson, AK 99505-5999; Phone:
907-384-2124.
Coast Guard
Our
Lady Star of the Sea - ISC, USCG, P. O. 195021 - Kodiak, AK 99619-5021;
Phone: 907-487-5730.
v Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
(Northern Alaska)
§
Chancery: 1316 Peger Rd. - Fairbanks, AK 99709; Phone:
907-474-0753.
Diocese of Fairbanks Sacramental Archives - What does
the Archives maintain?
§ "...The
Sacramental Archive is a central storage of Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage and
Death/Funeral records for the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. The Sacramental
Archive is a great source for sacramental and genealogical information..."
Visit the web link for instructions and further information.
§ Bishop
Michael J. Kaniecki, S.J., born: in Detroit on April 13, 1935, died: Sunday,
Aug. 6, 2000, in Emmonak.
§
MAP of Fairbanks Diocese Missions outside of Fairbanks
§
Diocese of Fairbanks Parishes and Missions
§
The Archdiocese of Anchorage includes a map of the Alaskan Catholic dioceses on its web
site.
§
Below are some of the parish churches within
this archdiocese:
Ø
Sacred Heart
Cathedral Parish [est. ca. 1962] - 2501 Airport Way - Fairbanks, AK
99709-4854; Phone: 907-474-9032 and
Office: 1316 Peger Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709; Phone:
907-474-0836.
Ø
Immaculate
Conception Parish [est. ca. 1904] - 115 North Cushman Street, Fairbanks, AK
99701; Phone: 907-452-3533.
Ø
St. Raphael
Parish - 1125 Old Steese Hwy. N. - P.O. Box 10508 - Fairbanks,
AK 99710; Phone: 907-457-6603.
Ø
St. Mark's University Parish - 514
Copper Lane - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 750166; Phone:
907-456-4853.
Ø St. Ignatius Catholic Church - P. O. Box
53 - Alakanuk, AK 99554; Phone: 907-238-3914.
Ø
St. Theresa Catholic Parish - P. O. Box
308 - Aniak, AK 99557; Phone: 907-675-4448.
Ø
St. Patrick Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 389 - Barrow, AK 99723; Phone: 907-852-3515.
Ø
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - 790 River
Street - Bethel, AK 99559; Phone: 907-543-3142.
Ø St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 90 - Chefornak, AK 99561; Phone: 907-867-8702.
Ø
Sacred Heart Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 249 - Chevak, AK 99563; Phone: 907-858-7826.
Ø Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic Parish - 2565
Deborah, Delta Junction, AK 99737; Phone: 907-895-5232.
§ - Our
Lady of Sorrows also serves St. Francis Xavier Station, Eagle, AK, and Holy
Rosary Mission, Tok, AK.
Ø Sacred Heart Church - P. O.
Box 69 - Emmonak, AK 99581; Phone: 907-949-1012.
Ø
St. John Berchmans Catholic Church [est. 1923]
- P. O. Box 131 - Galena, AK 99741; Phone: 907-656-1240.
Ø Holy Mary Of Guadalupe Catholic Parish -
Carbon Way, Healy, AK 99743; Phone: 907-683-1018.
§ -
Established about 1980, the Catholics of Healy were previously served by
visiting priests from Nenana and Fairbanks.
Ø Saint
Catherine’s Catholic Church [est. ca. 1937] - Chefornak, AK
99561; Phone: 907-867-8702.
Ø
Holy Family Catholic Church [est. 1888]
- P. O. Box 101 - Holy Cross, AK 99602; Phone:
907-476-7144.
Ø
Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 9 - Hooper Bay, AK 99604; Phone: 907-758-4620.
Ø
St. Francis Regis Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 89 - Huslia, AK 99746; Phone: 907-829-2234.
Ø Immaculate Conception Church [est. ca.
1926] - P. O. Box 11 - Kalskag, AK 99607; Phone: 907-471-2298.
§ -"Early
missionaries visited Kalskag from Holy Cross Mission...The Society of Jesus
continued to serve this Catholic community as visiting priests from such
villages as Bethel, Aniak, McGrath and Holy Cross beginning in the late
1940's..."
Ø St. Teresa Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 69 - Kaltag, AK 99748; Phone: 907-534-2218.
Ø
St. Joseph Catholic Church [est. ca.
1932] - P. O. Box 20228 - Kotlik, AK 99620; Phone: 907-899-4715.
Ø
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church - P.
o. Box 358 - Kotzebue, AK 99752; Phone: 907-422-3239.
Ø
St. Patrick Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 10 - Koyukuk, Ak 99754; Phone: 907-927-2240.
Ø St. Jude Catholic Church -
Little Diomede, AK 99762; Phone: 907-443-5527.
Ø Immaculate Heart of Mary Church - P.
O. Box 69 - Marshall, AK 99585; Phone: 907-679-6639.
Ø St. Michael's Catholic Church - P.
o. Box 141 - Mc Grath, AK 99627; Phone: 907-524-3928.
Ø
St. Lawrence Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 32205 - Mountain Village, AK 99632; Phone: 907-591-2348.
Ø St. Theresa Church [est. 1922] - P. O. Box 312
- Nenana, AK 99760; Phone: 907-832-5617.
The Catholic parishes along the "rail belt" include
Nenana, Healy, Anderson, Clear Air Force Station, Denali National Park (summers
only), and Cantwell. A priest assigned to the "rail belt" circuit
drives approximately 110 miles one way in order to serve each of these Catholic
communities.
Ø Holy Family Church - P. O. Box 5569 - Newtok,
AK 99559; Phone: 907-237-2427.
§
- At one time, the
village Newtok was referred to as "Old Kealavik."
Ø Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - P. O.
Box 90035 - Nightmute, AK 99690; Phone: 907-647-6428.
Ø Little
Sisters Of Jesus - Nome, AK 99762; Phone: 907-443-2094.
Ø St. Joseph Catholic Church [est. 1901]
- Rectory: P. O. Box 1010 - Nome, AK 99762; Phone:
907-443-5527.
Ø
St. Nicholas Catholic Church - 707
Saint Nicholas Drive - North Pole, AK 99705; Phone: 907-488-2595.
Ø Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 89 - Nulato, AK 99765; Phone: 907-898-2242.
Ø
St. Peter Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 45 - Nunam Iqua, AK 99666; Phone: 907-498-4246.
Ø St. Charles Spinola Church - P. O.
Box 5120 - Pilot Station, AK 99650; Phone: 907-549-3231.
Ø St. Peter in Chains Church [est. ca.
1912] - P. O. 207 - Ruby, AK 99768; Phone:
907-468-4418.
Ø
Our Lady of Guadalupe - P.
O. Box 56 - Russian Mission, AK 99657. A Central
Yup'ik Eskimo village...
Ø
Church of the Nativity - P.
O. Box 109 - Saint Marys, AK 99658; Phone: 907-438-2133.
Ø
St. Michael Catholic Church -
P. O. Box 29 - Saint Michael, AK 99659; Phone: 907-923-3151.
Ø Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 170 - Scammon Bay, AK 99662; Phone: 907-558-5229.
Ø St. Peters
Catholic Church Sheldon Point, AK 99666; Phone:
907-498-4246.
Ø
St. Bernard Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 71102 - Stebbins, AK 99671; Phone: 907-934-3151.
Ø St. Aloysius Catholic Church -
P. O. Box 6 - Tanana, AK 99777; Phone: 907-366-7238.
Ø
St. Ann Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 529 - Teller, AK 99778; Phone: 907-642-3831.
Ø Holy Rosary Catholic Church [est. 1949]
- Mile 125.5 Tok Cutoff, P. O. Box 369 -Tok, AK 99780; Phone:
907-883-4111.
Ø
St. Peter the Fisherman Church - P. O.
Box 37046 - Toksook Bay, AK 99637; Phone: 907-427-7813.
Ø St. Joseph Church - P. O. Box 9 - Tununak,
AK 99681; Phone: 907-652-6214.
Ø Holy Family
Church - Tuntutuliak, AK 99680 Phone: 907-237-2427.
Ø Christ the
King Church - Umkumute, AK.
§ "The
Diocese of Fairbanks' 1999-2000 Directory and Calendar records no active parish
existing at Umkumute and no priest or deacon has been assigned to the, once
seasonal, parish of Christ the King."
Ø Holy Angels Catholic Church - P.
O. Box 152 - Unalakleet , AK 99684; Phone: 907-624-3711.
§ "Presently,
the church of the Holy Angels is being served by a Visiting Priest from St.
Michael."
v Diocese of Juneau, Alaska [Est.
1951]
§ Chancery:
419 - 6th Street - Juneau, AK 99801; Phone: (907) 586-2227.
§ History of the Diocese of Juneau
- "...Father Althoff built the first Catholic church in Juneau in
1885...On July 17, 1894, Pope Leo XIII had established Alaska as an independent
Prefecture Apostolic. The first Prefect was Father Pascal Tosi, S.J., and
the Society of Jesus assumed primary responsibility for the new Alaskan
Church...In 1917, Pope Benedict XV made Alaska a Vicariate Apostolic, and named
Father Crimont as its first Bishop. On June 23, 1951, Pope Pius XII established
the Diocese of Juneau. The new Diocese consisted of those parts of Alaska
east of Shelikof Strait and Cook Inlet and southeast of Talkeetna, including
Kodiak, the Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage, the Matanuska Valley, Cordova, and
Valdez, in addition to Southeast Alaska..."
§
MAP
of the Diocese of Juneau and Parish Directory
Ø Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary - 416 5th Street - Juneau, AK 99801; Phone:
907-586-1513.
Ø
St. Paul Catholic Church - 9055 Atlin
Avenue - Juneau, AK 99801; Phone: 907-789-7307.
Ø Shrine of St Therese - (located
23 miles north of Juneau) - Juneau, AK 99801; Phone: 907-780-6112.
Ø Holy Family
Parish - 415 Sixth Street #30 - Juneau, AK 99801; Phone:
908-596-2227 ext. 23.
Ø Sacred Heart
Parish - P. O. Box 326 - 3rd Avenue and Dalton Street - Haines,
AK 99827; Phone: 907-766-2241.
Ø Sacred
Heart Catholic Church - P. O. Box 368 - Hoonah, AK
99829; Phone: 907-586-2227 est. 23.
Ø Holy
Name Parish- 433
Jackson Street - Ketchikan, AK 99901; Phone: 907-225-2570.
Ø Holy Family
Catholic Church - P. O. Box 228 - Metlakatla, AK 99926;
Phone: 907-225-2570.
Ø Body of
Christ Catholic Church - Pelican, AK; Phone:
907-735-2452.
Ø
St.
Catherine of Siena Catholic Church - P. O. Box 508
- Petersburg, AK 99833; Phone: 907-772-3257.
Ø
St. John by
the Sea Catholic Church (Price of Wales Island) - P. O. Box
245 - Klawock, AK 99925; Phone: 907-755-2345.
Ø
St.
Gregory of Nazianzen Catholic Church - P. O.
Box 495 - Sitka, AK 99835; Phone: 907-747-8371.
Ø
St. Therese
of the Child Catholic Church - P. O. Box 496 - 9th Avenue and
State Street - Skagway, AK 99840; Phone: 907-983-2271.
Ø
St. Francis
Chapel - Tenakee Springs, AK; Phone: 907-736-2350.
Eastern Catholic Churches in Alaska
v The
Apostolic Exarchate Armenian-Rite for the U.S. & Canada in New
York (Venerable Exarch.: Hovhannes Terzakian, 1995)
§ 110 East,
12th Street - New York, NY 10003 U.S.A. Phone: 212-477-2030
v Eparchy of
Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark of the Syrians: Syriac Catholic Diocese for
Syrians in the U. S. and Canada (Chorbishop Joseph Younan appointed as the
first Bishop of this diocese in 1995)
§
P.O. Box 8366 - Union City, NJ 07087-8262.
v Eparchy of Phoenix, Arizona (AK, AZ,
CA, CO, NV,NM, OR, WA) (Ruthenian) [formerly Eparchy of Van Nuys, CA]
§ Address: 8131 N. 16th St. - Phoenix,
AZ 85020; Phone: 602-861-5379
§ Website includes a Parish Directory,
with parishes in the areas of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.
§ Following a 1994 earthquake, which
damaged the Cathedral complex, Bishop George Kuzma relocated the administrative
offices of the Eparchy of Van Nuys to Phoenix, Arizona.
Ø St. Stephen Pro-Cathedral – 8141
North 16th Street - Phoenix, AZ 85020
v
Eparchy of
Van Nuys (Byzantine Catholic)
Ø St. Nicholas
of Myra (Byzantine
Catholic) - 2200 Arctic Boulevard - Anchorage, AK
99503; Phone: 907-277-6731
§ History of the Eastern
Catholic Church in Alaska- on the site for St. Nicholas of Myra, Anchorage,
AK.
Ø
Blessed Theodore Romzha Mission (Byzantine Catholic) -
Wasilla, AK
v
The Ukrainian Greek
Catholic Church in L'viv, Ukraine (in English) (Byzantine)
§ Chancery: Ukraine
79000 m. Lviv
Ploscha sv. Yura, 5
UGCC - Zvernenya
History
of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Local Alaska Catholic Church
History
§ History of the
Eastern Catholic Church in Alaska- on the site for St. Nicholas of Myra,
Anchorage, AK.
Alaska
Catholic Biographies
Local Alaska History and Genealogy Links
§ State of Alaska Home Page
§ Bureau of Vital
Statistics
§ 350 Main Street, Room 114 - P.O. Box 110675 - Juneau, AK 99811-0675;
Phone: 907-465-3392.
Ø In 1913, the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics began recording births,
marriages and deaths, and presently manages records for birth, death, fetal
death, divorce and marriage certificate data, along with reports of adoption.
§ Alaska's
Digital Archives – see also Alaska’s Digital
Archives page
§ USGenWeb for Alaska
Genealogy
§ Native
American Tribe List for Alaska (on AKGenWeb)
§ A History of Alaska's
Earliest Women
§ Russian
Settlers in Alaska: Catholic
§
Alaska Census –
Information and availabilty (AKGenWeb)
§
familysearch.org
- 1880 Census Index
§
familysearch.org
– 1900 Census
§
familysearch.org
– 1910 Census
§
familysearch.org
– 1920 Census
§
familysearch.org
– 1930 Census
§
familysearch.org
– 1940 Census
§
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