Parish Profiles
Alakanuk - Saint Ignatius Catholic Church
Alakanuk is located in the western part of Alaska at the east
entrance of Alakanuk Pass, a waterway between channels at the mouth of
the Yukon River. Central Yup'ik Eskimo villagers inhabit Alakanuk. Its people
originated from the Black River and moved to the present village site
in 1899.
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Aniak - Saint Theresa Catholic Church
The village of Aniak was founded around 1910 as a trading post
for mining camps developing along the Kuskokwim River but was once
visited earlier in the 18th century by Russian explorers. ... Read more
Barrow - Saint Patrick Catholic Church
Barrow is located on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. This Inupiat
village is 330 miles
north of the Arctic Circle and 503 air miles northwest of
Fairbanks. Saint Patrick
Church at Barrow can boast that it is the most northern Catholic
Parish in the United
States. ... Read more
Bethel - Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Bethel is located in southwest Alaska along the banks of the
Kuskokwim River on the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta about 60 miles from the Bering Sea. ... Read more
Chefornak - Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
Chefornak is a Central Yup'ik village on the Kina River, a little
southeast of Nelson
Island in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ... Read more
Chevak - Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Chevak, a Cup'ik community, is located on the right bank of the
Ninglikfak River, 17
miles east of Hooper Bay in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ... Read more
Delta Junction - Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Catholic Church history in Delta Junction is linked to the
history of other communities
connected by the Richardson and Alcan Highways. Delta, Tok,
Northway and formerly
Glennallen are such communities that either border the Alaska
Range or cross these
formidable mountains at Isabelle Pass. ... Read more
Emmonak - Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Emmonak is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located at the mouth
of the Yukon River
on the north bank of Kwiguk Pass. ... Read more
Fairbanks - Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Fairbanks' first Catholic community at Immaculate Conception is
historically
juxtaposed with the frenetic gold discovery on the nearby creeks
in 1902 and the
arrival of indefatigable pioneer, Fr. Francis Monroe, S.J., in
1904. ... Read more
Fairbanks - Sacred Heart Cathedral
Official ground breaking ceremonies for the new church, the
farthest north Cathedral, took place in May
1962. ... Read more
Fairbanks - Saint Mark's University Parish
Saint Mark's University Parish bills itself as "the Catholic
community at University of
Alaska, Fairbanks." ... Read more
Fairbanks - Saint Raphael Catholic Church
Faith was the inspiration for the Saint Raphael parish; over 20
years, a combination of factors contributed
to the building of a Catholic community north of town. ... Read more
Galena - Saint John Berchmans Catholic Church
Galena is predominantly an Athapaskan Indian village located on
the right bank of
the middle Yukon River. ... Read more
Healy - Holy Mary of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Healy was formerly an Alaska Railroad station and now is home to
the Usibelli Coal
Mine. ... Read more
Holy Cross - Holy Family Catholic Church
Holy Cross, founded In 1888, is located 279 miles upriver on the
right bank of the
Yukon. ... Read more
Hooper Bay - Little Flower of Jesus Catholic Church
Hooper Bay is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village on the Bering
Sea Coast in western
Alaska. ... Read more
Huslia - Saint Francis Regis Catholic Church
The Athapaskan Indian village of Huslia, located on the left
bank of the Koyukuk River
70 miles north of Galena, came into being in the late 1940's and
early 1950's, when
people of a settlement called "Cutoff" four miles away,
moved to this new location. The
name changed to Huslia in 1952. ... Read more
Kalskag - Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Kalskag is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located on the right bank of
the Kuskokwim River, 24 miles west of Aniak. ... Read more
Kaltag - Saint Teresa Catholic Church
Kaltag is located on the right bank of the Yukon River, 33 miles
southwest of Nulato. ... Read more
Kotlik - Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Kotlik is located on the east bank of the Kotlik River and on the
northern mouth of the
Yukon River. It has long been a Central Yup'ik Eskimo settlement. ... Read more
Kotzebue - Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Kotzebue is an Inupiat Eskimo village about 26 miles north of the
Arctic Circle on the
northwest shore of the Baldwin Peninsula in Kotzebue Sound.
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Koyukuk - Saint Patrick Catholic Church
Koyukuk, also known as Koyukuk Station, is an Athapaskan village located at the confluence of the
Yukon and Koyukuk
rivers, 16 miles northeast of Nulato. ... Read more
Little Diomede Island - Saint Jude Catholic Church
Little Diomede is situated about 50 miles below the Arctic Circle
in the middle of the
Bering Strait half way between Siberia and Alaska. ... Read more
Marshall - Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Marshall is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located on the
northern right bank of the
lower Yukon River and had been a substantial settlement in the
1880's. ... Read more
McGrath - Saint Michael Catholic Church
McGrath is located on the left bank of the Kuskokwim River. ... Read more
Mountain Village - Saint Lawrence Catholic Church
Mountain Village lies at the foot of the first mountain one meets
going up the Yukon River from the coast. ... Read more
Nenana - Saint Theresa Catholic Church
Nenana is located at the confluence of the Nenana and Tanana Rivers. ... Read more
Newtok - Holy Family Catholic Church
This Central Yup'ik Eskimo village is located on the Kealavik
River, north of Nelson Island, in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ... Read more
Nightmute - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Nightmute is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located along the
Toksook River on
Nelson Island in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ... Read more
Nome - Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Nome is located on the southern shore of the Seward Peninsula on
Norton Sound. ... Read more
North Pole - Saint Nicholas Catholic Church
Populations increased greatly in the North Pole area especially
during the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Many factors contributed to population growth which, consequently,
influenced the bishop's decision to establish a permanent Catholic
presence. One factor was the growing
military presence nearby. Military
personnel and their families settled into the
region along with others looking for a more rural lifestyle.
Other factors were an oil refinery and new high school.
After much consideration, Bishop Robert Whelan, S.J., found
it timely to establish a permanent Catholic presence in the city
of North Pole. ... Read more
Nulato - Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church
Nulato is a Koyukon Athapaskan Village on the right bank of the
Yukon River. ... Read more
Nunam Iqua - Saint Peter Catholic Church
Nunam Iqua, meaning land's end, is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo
village located at the
mouth of the south fork of the Yukon River, nine miles south of
Alakanuk. ... Read more
Pilot Station - Saint Charles Spinola Catholic Church
Pilot Station is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located on the
right bank of the lower
Yukon River some eleven miles east of Saint Mary in the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ... Read more
Ruby - Saint Peter in Chains Catholic Church
Ruby, a village on the Middle Yukon, was founded when gold was discovered in 1907 at nearby Ruby
Creek. ... Read more
Russian Mission - Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Russian Mission is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located on the
right bank of the
lower Yukon River. ... Read more
Saint Marys - Church of the Nativity Catholic Church
In 1972, Saint Marys parish church was officially established
as a separate entity
from Saint Marys Boarding School to which it had been connected
for over 20 years. ... Read more
Saint Michael - Saint Michael Catholic Church
The village of St. Michael is located on St. Michael Island on the
south side of Norton
Sound. ... Read more
Scammon Bay - Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Scammon Bay is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village located one mile
from the Bering
Sea on the south bank of the Kun River. ... Read more
Stebbins - Saint Bernard Catholic Church
Stebbins is located on St. Michael Island in Norton Sound eight
miles from the village
of Saint Michael. ... Read more
Tanana - Saint Aloysius Catholic Church
Tanana is situated at the junction of the Tanana and Yukon
Rivers. ... Read more
Teller - Saint Ann Catholic Church
Teller is located on a spit between Port Clarence and Grantley
Harbor, 75 miles
northwest of Nome. Many ancestors of Teller's Inupiat people
originated from villages
of Wales, St. Mary Igloo, Little Diomede and King Island. ... Read more
Tok - Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Tok is located at milepost 1314.2 along the Alcan Highway, 206
miles south of Fairbanks. ... Read more
Toksook Bay - Saint Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church
The Central Yup'ik Eskimo village is located on Nelson Island,
6.5 miles from Tununak, in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ... Read more
Tununak - Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Tununak is a Central Yup'ik Eskimo village on the west coast of
Nelson Island. ... Read more
Unalakleet - Church of the Holy Angels Catholic Church
The Inupiat Eskimo village of Unalakleet is located on Norton
Sound at the mouth of the Unalakleet River, 148 miles southeast of Nome. ... Read more