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The present-day Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge began with the work of French missionaries among the Native American peoples of the area. [2] The Jesuit priest Pierre Charlevoix celebrated the first mass in the Baton Rouge area in 1722. The first Catholic churches in the region were: St. Francis Chapel in Pointe Coupée in 1738 [3]
St. Joseph Parish was founded as the Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores in 1792; its name was changed some time after Louisiana became a State in 1812 as English became more and more the language of the population in Baton Rouge. The present church building, the Parish's third, was begun in 1853 [2] [3] [4] and completed in 1856. [5]
Main Street Historic District is a historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, located along Main Street, from North 4th Street to North 7th Street. The 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) area comprises a total of 11 historic commercial buildings, dating from c.1890 to c.1935. [2] [3]
St. Mark's Church, or variations such as St. Mark Church or with Saint spelled out, may mean: Australia. St Mark's Anglican Church, Warwick, Queensland;
St. Gabriel Catholic Church is a church parish in St. Gabriel, Louisiana known to have its origins all the way back to 1761. It is noted as the oldest still standing church in the entirety of the Louisiana Purchase. The church parish includes a main church and the Sacred Heart Chapel in the neighborhood of Carville, Louisiana.
St. Jean Vianney Catholic School is a Roman Catholic Elementary/Middle Parochial School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It runs from kindergarten to eighth grade and is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge. The school opened in 1985. [2]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At a Mass celebrated Sunday at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral, just blocks from where a man sped down Bourbon Street in a deadly attack early on New Year's Day, a church leader acknowledged the sense of unease that remains and asked for prayers for victims and their families.
Established in 1984 by the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge as Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan Diocesan Regional High School, the name was changed to St. Michael the Archangel Diocesan Regional High School in 2005 due to sexual abuse allegations against its namesake —— Bishop Joseph Sullivan. [5]