GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Louisiana: LA-9

St. Joseph Church
209 North Washington Street
P.O. Box 789
Elton, LA 70532

Phone: 337-584-2038

 

History: St. Joseph Church, Elton, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Lake Charles (Archives: Lake Charles, Louisiana).

1980-present	Lake Charles diocesan priests have administered St. Joseph Church
1990s-present	St. Joseph’s developed an outreach ministry A parish outreach ministry attracted some Native American (Koasati [Coushatta]) parishioners
2002-present	Some Native Americans (Koasati [Coushatta]) became parishioners of St. Joseph’s

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 2002-ongoing

Volume: Few records within volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Koasati Indian parishioners of St. Joseph Church.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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