Summary
Father Dorotheus Philips was named in a 1922 rescue report as a Catholic missionary to the Beaver Islands. A 1942 retrospective of the same episode spells his surname Phillips and places his mission among the Indians on Garden Island.
Evidence and limits
This is an episode-bounded Person record. The held sources provide no birth, death, order, parish, or complete mission chronology. The spelling variation is preserved, and the record does not silently identify him with an unheld clergy or church record.
Open questions
- Which Catholic order, parish, or mission records identify him more fully?
- What dates and locations define his service on Garden Island and the Beaver Islands?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, October 20, 1922, report under “Petoskey.”Names Father Dorotheus Philips as a Catholic missionary to Beaver Islands traveling with four children from St. James toward Petoskey.
- Charlevoix Courier, April 8, 1942, “Twenty Years Ago,” retrospective of Wednesday, October 11, 1922.Uses the spelling Fr. Dorotheus Phillips and describes him as missionary to the Indians on Garden Island in the Alice K party.