If you obtain a civil marriage record of your ancestor, this list might help you determine the Church at which the religious ceremony took place.
St. Paul's Catholic Church, Mansura, Louisiana
1796-1798 Father Juan Maguire
1798-1803 Father Juan Brady
1803-1804 Father Pastrico Lonnergan
1806,1812-1813 Father Louis Buhot
1814-1816 Father Miguel Bernado Barriere
1818 Father Francisco Maynes
1818,1822-1824 Father Flavius Henri Rossi
1819-1821 Father Marcella Borella
1824-1832,1837-1840 Father Jean Emile Martin
1834,1837 Father Etienne D'Hauw
1835-1836 Father Louis Alaux
1840-1843 Father Nicolas Francais
1843-1844 Father Guillaume Cheutier
1845-1849 Father Charles Dalloz
1849-1850 Father Jean Gustave Bellier
1849-1855 Father Marcella P. Mazerchelli
1850-1856 Father J. Hyacinthe Tumoine
1855-1956 Father Jean Marie Beaulieu
1856-1869 Father Julius Janeau
1856-1857 Father Mathurin Chopin
1857 Father Henri Durand
1858-1860 Father Theodore August Rebours
1858-1859 Father Jean Baptiste Mallassagne
1860-1861 Father N. Levesque
1865 Father Jean Batiste Gentile
1866-1867 Father S. E. Forge
1866 Father J. F. LeVezouet
1869-1906 Father Jean Marie E. Chauvin
1898-1899 Father Jean Batiste Limagne
1898-1899 Father A. Blomme
Various Avoyelles Parish Churches
1896-1898 Moreauville Father C. R. Arnaud
1892 Plaucheville Father C. Brahic
1898 Moreauville " " "
1900 Bordelonville " " "
1884 ? Father Ol. Bre'
1885 Marksville Father A. Chorin
1890 Echo Father James Demoliere
1893-1900 Cottonport " " "
1875-1897 Plaucheville Father Julien L. Gallop
1894-1905 Marksville Father Francois Grosse
1897-1906 Plaucheville Father Jean Batiste Limagne
1906-1910 Marksville " " "
1890-1893 Cottonport Father J. Rechatin
1883-1896 Moreauville Father P. E. Simon
1875 Plaucheville " " "
1899 ? Father Dumas
? Marksville Father E. M. Derivas
? Marksville Father F. Deceulaer
1899-1910 Hessmer Father A. Blomme
1878 New Orleans** Father Reynes
**Vicar General in charge of Diocese during the yellow fever epidemic
General Facts About Avoyelles Parish Catholic Churches
- The parish known today as "St. Paul the Apostle" was established
from a parish originally known as "Our Lady of Mount Carmel".
The "Mount Carmel" chapel site was located on the land adjoining
the present St. Paul Catholic Church Cemetery.
- Early in 1845, Father Dalloz set about to build a new church at
Hydropolis. It became known as "St. Paul the Apostle" (which
would later be located in downtown Mansura). Hydropolis was
located between the present-day Mansura and Marksville.
- A chapel was established at Marksville in 1825 but a permanent
church was not established at Marksville until 1867 (the present
St. Joseph's Church).
- Toward the end of 1858, a chapel was completed at Moreauville.
It was known as "Saint Hyacinthe". It became an independent
parish in 1860. The church became known as "Sacred Heart" in
1882 after the completion of a new parish church.
- A church called "Church of the Assumption" (Bayou Choupique) was
the forerunner of the present Mater Dolorosa Church at Plaucheville.
- St. Peter's Church in Bordelonville was established in 1903.