Identity elements
Reference number
DP
Repository
Level of description
Record group
Title
Diocesan and Parish Records and Collections
Date(s)
Extent
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Primary source records received from parishes or Dioceses by canonical requirement or within the collection policy of the Archives, or deposited by an independent church entity for safekeeping. Records of missionary districts and pre-Executive Council missionary fields and jurisdictions are generally maintained in the Foreign Mission class (MP-02 or MP-04).