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).

By 1860s	Chitamacha, Choctaw and Houma Indians had intermarried and settled in the Montegut/ Terrebonne Bayou area
1864-1977	New Orleans archdiocesan priests founded and administered Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (e.g. Chitamacha, Choctaw, Houma)
1977-present	Houma-Thibodaux diocesan priests have administered Sacred Heart

New Orleans archdiocesan priests at Sacred Heart attended these missions among Native Americans:

1890s-1940s	St. Joseph Mission, Little Caillou/ Petit Caillou Bayou
1920s-1970s	St. Charles Mission, Pointe-aux-Chenes/ Oak Point
1940s-1960s	St. Isaac Jogues Mission, Cut Off/ Lower Point-aux-Chenes
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 Marquette University Archives.

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