GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Louisiana: LA-23
St. Bridget Church
2076 West Main Street
Schreiber, LA 70395
Phone: 985-446-6801 or 985-876-7975
Email: stbridgetchurch@htdiocese.org
History: St. Bridget Church, Schreiber, 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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Before 1900 |
Chitamacha, Choctaw, and Houma Indians intermarried and settled Terrebonne Parish, including Terrebonne Station |
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1915-1977 (transferred to Houma-Thibodaux Diocese |
New Orleans archdiocesan priests founded and administered St. Bridget Church, Schreiber/ Terrebonne Station |
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1977-present |
Houma-Thibodaux diocesan priests have administered St. Bridget’s |
New Orleans archdiocesan priests at St. Bridget attended to St. Louis Chapel, Bayou Blue, which is believed to have had some Native American parishioners:
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1912-1915 |
St. Louis Chapel, Bayou Blue; destroyed by hurricane and eventually rebuilt |
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1910s-1930s? |
St. Louis Chapel, Bayou Blue, continued |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Bridget Church and St. Louis Chapel.
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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