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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 Van Nuys for the Byzantine Catholic Church.
You may find possible locations of your ancestors' Catholic Church records using the following links.

• Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska

   Chancery:  225 Cordova St. - Anchorage, AK  99501 Phone: 907-297-7700
• Map and Parish Directory for the Archdiocese of Anchorage
• Holy Family Cathedral -
   800 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK  99501
• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - 2901 East Huffman Road, Anchorage, AK
• St. Andrew Parish -
   16601 Artillery Rd. Eagle River, AK 99577    Phone: (907) 694-2170
• St. Benedict Parish -
   8110 Jewel Lake Road - Anchorage, AK 99502   Phone: (907) 243-2195
• St. Mary Parish - Kodiak, AK
• St. Francis Xavier Parish - Valdez, AK

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• Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska (Northern Alaska)
   Chancery: 1316 Peger Rd. - Fairbanks, AK  99709  Phone: (907) 474-0753.
   Diocese of Fairbanks Archives - What does the Archives maintain ?
   Bishops and Prelates
   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
• Parishes and Missions
• Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish
   2501 Airport Way - Fairbanks, AK 99709-4854
   Phone: (907) 474-9032 and
  Office: 1316 Peger Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709
   Phone: (907) 474-0836
• Immaculate Conception Parish - information
   115 North Cushman Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701  Phone: (907) 452-3533.
• Saint Raphael Parish - information
   1125 Old Steese Hwy. N. - P.O. Box 10508 - Fairbanks, AK 99710
   Phone: (907) 457-6603   E-mail:  mailto:raphael@alaska.net
• Saint Ignatius Catholic Church - information
   Alakanuk, AK 99554    Phone: (907) 238-3055.
• St. Theresa Catholic Parish - information
   Aniak, AK 99557   Phone: (907) 675-4448.
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
   790 River Street - Bethel, AK 99559   Phone: (907) 543-3022.
• Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic Parish - information
   2565 Deborah, Delta Junction, AK 99737   Phone: (907) 895-5232.
• Sacred Heart Church - information
   Emmonak, AK
• St. John Berchmans Catholic Church - information
   Galena, AK 99741   Phone: (907) 656-1240.
• Holy Mary Of Guadalupe Catholic Parish - information
   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.
• Saint Catherines Catholic Church [est. ca. 1937] - information
    Chefornak, AK 99561   Phone: (907) 867-8702.
• Holy Family Church [est. 1888] - information
    Holy Cross, AK
• Immaculate Conception Church [est. ca. 1926] - information
   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..."
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church [est. ca. 1932] - information
   Kotlik, AK 99620     Phone: (907) 899-4715.
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Church - information
   Marshall, AK 99585   Phone: (907) 679-6639.
• St. Michael's Catholic Church - information
  
    Mc Grath, AK 99627   Phone: (907) 524-3928.
• St. Lawrence Church - information
   Mountain Village, AK 99632   Phone: (907) 591-2348.
• St. Theresa Church - information
  
    Nenana, AK
   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.
• Holy Family Church - information
    Newtok, AK
   At one time, the village was referred to as "Old Kealavik."
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - information
    Nightmute, AK 99690   Phone: (907) 647-6428.
• Little Sisters Of Jesus
    Nome, AK 99762   Phone: (907) 443-2094.
• St. Joseph Church - information
    Rectory: Nome, AK 99762   Phone: (907) 443-5527.
• St. Nicholas Catholic Church - information
    707 Saint Nicholas Drive - North Pole, AK 99705
   Phone: (907) 488-2595.
• Our Lady of the Snows - information
   in Nulato, AK
• St. Charles Spinola Church - information
    Pilot Station, AK 99650     Phone: (907) 549-3231.
• St. Peter in Chains Church [est. ca. 1912] - information
    Ruby, AK
• Our Lady of Guadalupe - information
    Russian Mission, AK 
   A Central Yup'ik Eskimo village...
• Church of the Nativity - information
    Saint Marys, AK 
• St. Michael Catholic Church - information
    Saint Michael, AK 99659   Phone: 907-923-3151
• Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church - information
    Scammon Bay, Scammon Bay, AK 99662
Phone: (907) 558-5229.
• St. Peters Catholic Church
    Sheldon Point, AK 99666    Phone: (907) 498-4246.
• St. Bernard Catholic Church - information
    Stebbins, AK 99671    Phone: (907) 934-3151.
• St. Aloysius Catholic Church - information
   in Tanana, AK
• St. Ann Catholic Church - information
    Teller, AK 99778    Phone: (907) 642-3831.
• Holy Rosary Church - information
   Tok, AK
• St. Peter the Fisherman Church - information
   Toksook Bay, AK 99637   Phone: (907) 427-7813.
• St. Joseph Church - information
   Tununak, AK  99681   Phone: (907) 652-6214.
• Holy Family Church
   Tuntutuliak, AK 99680   Phone: (907) 237-2427.
• Christ the King Church - information
   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."
• Holy Angels Church - information
   Unalakleet , AK
   "Presently, the church of the Holy Angels is being served by a Visiting Priest from St. Michael."

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• 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
• Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
   416 5th Street - Juneau, AK  99801
• St. Paul Catholic Church -
  
• 9055 Atlin Avenue - Juneau, AK 99801
• Shrine of St Therese - (located 23 miles north of Juneau)

Byzantine Catholic
• The Apostolic Exarchate Armenian-Rite for the U.S. & Canada  in New York  (Venerable Exarch.: Hovhannes Terzakian, 1995)

Address: 110 East, 12th Street - New York, NY 10003 U.S.A.  Ph: (212) 477-2030
 
• 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
 
• Eparchy of Van Nuys, CA  (Ruthenian) (Parish Directory) History
   Address: 8131 N. 16th St. - Phoenix, AZ  85020
Phone: 602-861-5379 Fax: 602-861-9796
Encompasses 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 Eparcy of Van Nuys to Phoenix, Arizona.   See the Historical Outline below:
• Historical Outline of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys 1956-1997
• St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church in Alaska
• 2200 Arctic Blvd. - Anchorage, AK 99503-1909   Phone:  (907) 277-6731

 

• 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
• Structure and Territory
• Religious Information Service of Ukraine
• The Greek Catholic Church in the Ukraine
• The Roman Catholic Church in the Ukraine
• The Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches of Ukraine
• Greek Catholics, Latin Catholics and Orthodox in Ukraine: Who’s who?
• For more information on the Byzantine Catholic Churches in the United States Click here to return to Main Local Catholic Byzantine Links

 
• GTE's Big Book search for Catholic Churches may also help you to locate a church

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• Historical Outline of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys (1956-__ )
• History of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Anchorage
• History of the Eastern Catholic Church in Alaska
  
• A History of Alaska's Earliest Women
• Russian Settlers in Alaska: Catholic
• Black's in Alaska's History Project
• A Brief History of St. Benedict's Catholic Church:  "...started out as St. Juliana a tiny wood church in Spenard..." 

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Bishops and Prelates of the Fairbanks Diocese

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Local Alaska History, Genealogy and Directory Links
• State of Alaska Home Page
Bureau of Vital Statistics http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/bvs/bvs_home.htm
     350 Main Street, Room 114 - P.O. Box 110675 - Juneau, AK 99811-0675
     Phone: (907) 465-3392.
     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.  The fee for standard vital record certificates is $10.00 per certificate.
• Alaska Facts
• Alaska Libraries, Archives and Museums
• Alaska State Library
   8th Floor, State Office Building - Juneau, AK   Phone: (907) 465-2925
   Mailing address: P. O. Box 110571 - Juneau, AK  99811-0571
• Alaska Historical Collections
• Photograph Collections Online
• Alaska Purchase Centennial Collections: A Historical Survey in Pictures.
• Chronological History of Alaska - Timeline.
• MAPS
• SLED: Statewide Library Electronic Doorway - Information Resources for, about and by Alaskans.
• The Russian Church (Orthodox) and Native Alaskan Cultures.
• Preserving Native Languages - "...Among the most enduring legacies of Russian America are the works written and published in Native Alaskan languages..."
• Arctic Studies Center
• The Alaska Newspaper Project
• Alaska's Gold
• Anchorage, Alaska City of Lights
• Yahoo Get Local for Alaska - Directory for locating local churches, cemeteries, addresses and information.
• GTE Superpages - Yellow Pages Directory
• Kegoayah Kozga Library: Front Street, Nome, AK 99762  Phone: (907) 443-5618
• USGS:  search for Maps of Alaska features - including cemeteries, churches, populated places and more.
• USGenWeb

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Contact:  Ann Mensch
I have volunteered to create this site as a guide to help genealogists who are researching Catholic ancestors and those who desire to learn more about the history of the local Catholic Churches in this geographic area.
Though links to this page for Catholic Church, genealogical, historical research and non-profit use are encouraged, please do not download the page without requesting permission since it contains copyright protected material.
If you find and error, have a suggestion, or have a site that you believe will be helpful valuable addition, please let me know.  --Ann Mensch

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