GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-4
St. Mary Church
101 East Street Southwest
Ardmore, OK 73401
Phone: 580-223-0231
Email: See website (contact us)
History: St. Mary Church, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Chickasaw Nation and in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Archives: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
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1890-1895 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Elizabeth’s, Purcell, attended to Ardmore station (Choctaw, Chickasaw) |
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1895-1897 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Patrick’s, Norman, attended to Ardmore station |
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1897 |
Became a parish; a church was constructed on lands donated by Dick McLish, Chickasaw Nation chairman |
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1897-present (few Natives) |
Diocesan priests established and administered St. Mary/ Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church |
History: St. Agnes Academy and Boarding School, Ardmore, was located at St. Mary Church, Ardmore.
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1898-1932 (no longer Native) |
Sisters of Mercy (now Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) (Archives: Belmont, North Carolina) established and staffed St. Agnes Academy for Girls (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Ardmore |
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1915-1921 (closed) |
Sisters of Mercy established and staffed St. Agnes Boarding School for Boys (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Ardmore |
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1932 |
Native students no longer attended St. Agnes became tribal funds for their tuition payments became depleted |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Mary's attended to the following Native American (Choctaw, Chickasaw) missions and stations in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations:
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1900-1912 (transferred to Blessed Sacrament, Coalgate) |
Tishomingo station (Chickasaw), Johnston County |
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1902-1912 (became a parish) |
St. Catherine Mission (Choctaw), Durant, Bryan County |
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1904-1910 (closed) |
Paul’s Valley station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County |
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1904-1912 (transferred to St. Catherine's, Durant) |
Caddo station (Choctaw), Bryan County |
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1908-1915 (closed) |
Wynnewood station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin Oklahoma |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1897-ongoing; bulk 1897-1932
Volume: Several volumes
Description: The records at St. Mary’s Church are described by record type, since they were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a ˜·Í¸²Ê archivist, 1980.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1897-ongoing; bulk 1897-1930s
Volume: Many records within multiple volumes
Description: Records for St. Mary Church, its Native American missions and stations, and the St. Agnes schools; baptisms, 1897-ca. 1930s, marriages, 1899 ca. 1930s, deaths, 1898-ca. 1930s, first communions, 1910-ca. 1930s, and confirmations, 1902-ca. 1930s
/2 School records
Inclusive dates: 1898-1932
Volume: Unknown
Description: St. Agnes schools
/3 Parish cemetery map
Inclusive dates: ca. 1890-ongoing
Volume: 1 page
Description: Presumably includes some Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian parishioners.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ˜·Í¸²Ê Archives.
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