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If you obtain a civil marriage record of your ancestor, this list might help you determine the Church where the religious ceremony occurred.

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.