Report on St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Roseburg, Oregom

Parish report and historical record for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Roseburg, Oregon, beginning on 21 January 1912, within a local population centre of 4,400 people. It outlines a chronological timeline of three serving pastors: Father Camillus Killian (1912–1913), Father Edward Walsh (1913–1919), and Father Adrian Sharkett, who was serving from 13 October 1919 to the date of the record. The document logs sacramental statistics, counting 300 parishioners, 138 baptisms, 34 marriages, and 16 c

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Level of description: Item
Date: c.1920
Reference: 4
Extent and medium: 1 p.; manuscript
Scope and content: Parish report and historical record for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Roseburg, Oregon, beginning on 21 January 1912, within a local population centre of 4,400 people. It outlines a chronological timeline of three serving pastors: Father Camillus Killian (1912–1913), Father Edward Walsh (1913–1919), and Father Adrian Sharkett, who was serving from 13 October 1919 to the date of the record. The document logs sacramental statistics, counting 300 parishioners, 138 baptisms, 34 marriages, and 16 converts, while noting that the community has one hospital and an eight-grade parish school staffed by two Sisters of Mercy. Financially, it records a substantial parish debt of $6,750.00 that was advanced and paid by the religious Order but is earmarked to be recollected from the parish itself. Finally, the log tracks regional missionary outreach, identifying the Holy Family Church in Glendale alongside five other regional mission stations – Myrtle Creek, Day’s Creek, Perdue, Yoncalla, Anlauf, and Cleaveland – detailing their distances from Roseburg and noting that they receive priestly visits roughly three times a year, or once a year if a church is nearby.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Irish Capuchin Foundations in the United States > Roseburg, Oregon

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Day(1)

Places

Creek(2)

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Day's Creek (65 miles South)
* Stations Inyrthe Creek (20 miles South)
Day's Creek (65 miles South)

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Population of Parish 4,000 St Joseph's Church Raseburg one I. St Joseph's, Raseburg. One. January 21ob 1912. II. Fr Camillus Jan. 21ob 1912 to Sep. 12th 1913. Fr Edward Sep 12th 1913 to October 13th 1919 Fr Adrian Oct 13th 1919 to date III. One. Glendale, One. 65 miles South Holy Family. * IV. $6750.00 This debt has been paid by the Order but will be collected from the Parish. V. VI. 300 VII. Baptisms 138 marriages 34. Converts 16. VIII. One school- two sisters of mercy teach the sight grades. One Hospital. * Stations Inyrthe Creek (20 miles South) } about 3 huncs Day's Creek (65 miles South) } a year Perdue - 7 miles South East } Yoncalla 41 North. } one a year Church near Anland 43 " } Cleaveland 16 miles West }