GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Louisiana: LA-19
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
1111 Highway 55
P.O. Box 2
Montegut, LA 70377
Phone: 985-594-5856
Email: sacredheartch@htdiocese.org
History: Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with some Native American (e.g. Chitamacha, Choctaw, Houma) parishioners in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux (Archives: Thibodaux, Louisiana).
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By 1860s |
Chitamacha, Choctaw and Houma Indians had intermarried and settled in the Montegut/ Terrebonne Bayou area |
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1864-1977 |
New Orleans archdiocesan priests founded and administered Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (e.g. Chitamacha, Choctaw, Houma) |
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1977-present |
Houma-Thibodaux diocesan priests have administered Sacred Heart |
New Orleans archdiocesan priests at Sacred Heart attended these missions among Native Americans:
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1890s-1940s |
St. Joseph Mission, Little Caillou/ Petit Caillou Bayou |
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1920s-1970s |
St. Charles Mission, Pointe-aux-Chenes/ Oak Point |
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1940s-1960s |
St. Isaac Jogues Mission, Cut Off/ Lower Point-aux-Chenes |
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1950s-1960s |
St. Peter Mission, Lower Montegut |
Note: Some attended mission stations not identified.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1864-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and its missions and stations.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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