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St. Francis de Sales Parish was founded around 1847 by the Rev. Zéphyrin Lévêque. Mass was initially celebrated in the Terrebonne Parish courthouse. [1] The first church building was completed in 1848 and construction on the present church was begun in 1936 under the direction of the Rev. August Vandebilt.
The first parish in Houma, St. Francis de Sales, was established in 1847 and the first church was completed in 1854. [5] The first Catholic school in Thibodaux was opened in 1855 by the Sisters of Mount Carmel. [6] In Houma, the Marianites of Holy Cross founded Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy in 1870.
On March 2, 1977 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. [5] St. Francis de Sales Church in Houma became the cathedral of the new diocese and St. Joseph Church in Thibodaux became the co-cathedral. St. Joseph Life Center was built in 1985 to house the parish's administrative offices and community center.
On June 14, 1847, R.R. Barrow gave a tract of land at the end of Church Street to Bishop Antoine Blanc of New Orleans for the specific purpose of building a Catholic church in Houma. At the time, St. Francis de Sales Parish covered the whole civil parish of Terrebonne and a part of St. Mary Parish east of the Atchafalaya.
St. Francis de Sales Merged into Holy Ghost. [3] Central City, New Orleans [3] 2008 [3] St. Henry Church After the archbishop ordered the church closed, members of the congregation occupied it until they were removed by the New Orleans Police Department. It temporarily reopened for a funeral in 2010, as it had not been deconsecrated. [9]
Vandebilt Catholic was named after Father August Vandebilt (November 10, 1866 - April 7, 1938), who was born in the Netherlands. He was ordained into the priesthood at the American College of Louvain on June 29, 1890. Father Vandebilt died in his position as pastor of the Church of St. Francis de Sales in Houma, Louisiana.
Shelton Joseph Fabre is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Louisville in Kentucky since March 30, 2022. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana from 2013 to 2022 and was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Louisiana from 2007 to 2013.
From 1969 to 1971, Latino was assigned to St. Philip the Apostle Parish in the Desire Project in New Orleans. He served as pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Houma, Louisiana (1972–1987), at which time he was appointed rector of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. In 1977, Latino was incardinated, or transferred to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.