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Oklahoma’s First Catholic Church

Atoka County
Location: on grounds of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 2013 South Mississippi Ave., Atoka
Coordinates: 34.361450, -96.144180
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Topics: Religion/Philosophy; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

St. Patrick’s Church was built in 1872. Father Isidore Robot was the first resident priest and the first Prefect Apostolic of Indian Territory. Robot later founded Sacred Heart Mission in the Potawatomi lands east of present-day Asher.

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