The Diocese of Louisiana, some of its history, 1838-1888; also some of the history of its parishes and missions, 1805-1888, Part 21

Author: Duncan, Herman Cope
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New Orleans, A.W. Hyatt, printer
Number of Pages: 322


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GENERAL CONVENTION.


CLERGY .- N. S. Wheaton. D. D .. twice: Charles Goodrich. D. D., three times ; D. S. Lewis. D. D., twice: Fr. L. Hawks.


266


HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF LOUISIANA.


D. D., LL. D., N. O. Preston, three times; E. Guion. A. H. Lamon, Edward Neville, D. D., A. D. McCoy, twice; C. S. Hedges, D. D., twice; W. T. Leacock. D. D., twice; T. R. B. Trader, three times; T. B. Lawson, D. D., W. F. Adams, three times; W. T. D. Dalzell. D. D., five times: J. F. Girault, seven times : J. N. Galleher, S. S. Harris, H. M. Thompson. D. D .. John Pereival, D. D., three times ; H. H. Waters, four times: W. P. Kramer and H. C. Duncan, twice.


LAITY .- L. C. Duncan, twice; Joseph Lovell, J. W. Andrews, John Whitehead, John L. Payne, twice; John L. Lob- dell, four times; George S. Guion, twice ; G. B. Duncan, twice: W. M. Goodrich, Charles C. Peek, James R. Chambers, George S. Lacey, Dr. William N. Mercer, A. P. Cleveland, James McConnell, three times ; P. L. Cox, Robert Mott, twice: J. H. Keep, Bradish John- son, George W. Race, four times; J. A. Campbell, B. Biscoe, J. P. Hornor, twice; H. C. Minor. Carleton Hunt and H. V. Ogden.


SECRETARIES.


W. F. Brand, 1838-1839 ; Thomas W. Morgan, 1840; John Whitehead, 1841; L. C. Dunean, 1842; George E. Payne, 1843; Rev. Charles Goodrich, 1844-1845: John L. Lobdell. 1846, 1847, 1848; Rev. N. O. Preston, 1849-1854; George S. Lacey, 1855- 1858; Rev. A. D. McCoy, 1859-1860; Rev. John Fulton, 1861- 1862; Rev. L. Y. Jessup, 1866-1867 ; Rev. J. F. Girault, 1868- 1869; Rev. H. C. Duncan, 1870-1875, 1881, 1883-1888; Rev. S. Burford, 1876; Rev. John Percival, D. D., 1877-1880: Rev. W. K. Douglas, S. T. D., 1882.


ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.


George S. Lacey, 1852; Rev. John Fulton, 1858 ; Alfred Guion, 1860; Rev. George W. Stickney. 1861 ; Douglas West. 1866; Rev. W. F. Adams, 1867; Rev. A. G. Bakewell, 1868. 1869, 1884-1888; Rev. S. Burford, 1870; E. M. Mason, 1871 ; A. W. Starbuck, 1872; Rev. Campbell Fair, 1873; Rev. P. Macfar- lane, 1874; Rev. S. H. Granberry, 1875; Rev. G. R. Upton. 1876 ; Rev. M. M .. Moore, 1877: S. M. Wiggins. 1878: W. P. Ross.


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HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF LOUISIANA.


1879; W. L. Rowley. 1880; Rev. I. N. Marks. 1881; Rev. H. McN. Minturn. 1883.


TREASURERS.


The secretaries from 1838 to 1850. inclusive, were the treas- urers ex officio. J. M. Norman, 1851-1854 ; L. C. Duncan. 1855; G. B. Duncan. 1856-1858 ; Thomas I. Dix, 1859-1869: W. McW. Wright. 1870-1882 : John Chaffe. 1883-1884 : S. M. Phelan. 1885- 188S.


268


HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF LOUISIANA.


STATISTICAL REPORT.


YEARS.


Baptized. 391


Confirmed.


Communicants.


1839-1841 (3 years).


39


221


1842-1846 (5 years).


1.248


409


575


1847-1851 (5 years).


3,183


653


952


1852-1856 (5 years).


3,736


855


1,342


1857-1861 (5 years).


5.020


1,374


1,859


1862-1866 (5 years).


1,850


476


1,556


1867-1871 (5 years).


3,150


1.934


3.445


1872-1876 (5 years).


4,070


2.184


3,539


1877-1881 (5 years).


3,049


1,396


3.556


1882-1886 (5 years).


3.078


1,837


4,339


1887-1888 (2 years).


1.160


879


4,438


In all.


29,835 12,036


The grouping of the years is so made as to throw the three years preceding the permanent establishment of the Episcopate together. 1839-1841, and the years of the Civil War. 1862-1866. The number given as those of the communicants is that for the year last named in each group.


The number of the confirmed as given above does not cor- respond to that given at the end of the general history of the Diocese. The latter embraces only those confirmed by Bishops of Louisiana. The figures above embrace those and also the four hundred and seventy-six confirmed by Bishops Lay and Gregg during the Civil War, and by other Bishops immediately after it : and also the one hundred and ninety-four confirmed by Bishop Wingfield in 1879.


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INDEX.


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Advent, Well's Ferry


Afton Villa.


Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund.


Alexandria, St. James'


Alexandria, St. Mark's


Algiers, Mt. Olivet


All Saints, De Soto.


All Saints, Pontchatoula


All Souls, Chaseland.


All Souls, Mandeville.


Amite, Incarnation


Annunciation, New Orleans.


Annunciation, Pontchatoula


Arcola, St. Jude's (St. Andrew's)


213


Ascension, Donaldsonville 112


Assistant Secretary of the Diocese


24, 266


Atchafalava, Grace.


198


Balize.


138


Bastrop, Christ Church.


169


Baton Rouge, St. James.


Bayou Goula, St. Mary's


Bayou Salé.


Belle Air, Grace.


Belleview


125 100 219


Brashear, Trinity


144


Bunkie, St. Barnabas


201


('alvary, Livonia. 205


Calvary, New Orleans. 206


Calvary, Rayne.


237 20


Canonical Legislation.


Canterbury, Tigerville . 186


210


Carrollton.


Centreville 78


63 122 78 198


Boyce, St. Philip's


Bunch's Bend.


216 73 28 87 100


175 171 216 100 143 212 129 216


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INDEX.


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Chancellor of the Diocese


25


Chaseland, All Souls.


100 199 36


Children's Home.


Christ Church, Bastrop


169


Christ Church, Covington


142


Christ Church, Mansfield


173


Christ Church, Napoleonville


178


Christ Church, New Orleans


Christ Church, Port Allen.


Christ Church, St. Joseph.


('Ierical List.


Clinton, St. Andrew's.


Colfax, St. Luke's.


234


Columbia


235


Conservator of Church Documents.


Constitution of the Diocese.


Convent


215 35


Cooley's.


73


Corner


73


('otile, St. John's.


98


Councils, Meeting Place


263


Covington, Christ Church.


142


Dallas


232


Delhi


235 234


DeSiard


233


DeSoto, Trinity ; All Souls


171


Devall's, St John's


119


Diamond, Emmanuel


138


Donaldsonville, Ascension


112


Educational Interests


32


Ellenwood


231


Emmanuel (German), New Orleans


232


Emmanuel (English), New Orleans


208


Emmanuel, Plaquemines


138


Endowment Funds


28


Epiphany, New Iberia


162


Epiphany, Opelousas


124


Episcopal Fund.


28


Episcopal Residence.


37


Evergreen. 201


48 235 188 238 117 99


Colony, St. John's


25 21


Convocations.


Delta, St. Paul's.


( 'heneyville, Trinity.


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False River ..


159


Fiduciary Institutions 28


Fort Jessup .. 231


Franklin, St. Mary's


74


French Church, New Orleans


79


Galleher, J. N. (Bishop).


46


Good Shepherd, Lake Charles.


237


Good Shepherd, Union Settlement


138 72


Grace, Atchafalaya (Simmesport, Belle Air).


Grace, Hammond


Grace, Lake Providence.


157


Grace, New Orleans ....


137


Grace ( Trinity Chapel), New Orleans


182


Grace, New Orleans


229


Grace, Simaloosa.


143 68


Grace, Waterproof


195


Greenwood


231


Gretna


177


Grossman's, St. John's


119


Hammond, Grace


223


Harrisonburg


231 201 215


Holy Communion, Plaquemines


Holy Innocents, New Orleans


Holy Spirit, Houstonia


Holy Trinity, Lafayette


233 213 149 236


Holy Trinity, Patterson


Homer


232


Houma, St. Matthew's


185


Houstonia, Holy Spirit.


213


Incarnation, Amite. : 12


Incarnation, Laurel Hill 236


Incorporation of Bishop and Convention 24


Jackson, St. Alban's. 115


Jeannerette, St. Timothy's 162


Jefferson, Emmanuel 208


Kanonie, Wilmer Memorial 98


Keachi 171


Good Shepherd, West Feliciana


198 223 144


Grace, Monroe


Grace, St. Francisville


Holmesville ..


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INDEX.


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Lafayette (New Orleans), Holy Trinity


149


Lafayette (Vermillionville), St. Luke's; St. Michael's.


136


Lake Charles, Good Shepherd.


237


Lakeland, St. Barnabas'.


73


Lake Providence, Grace


144


Lake St. Peter


18!


Lamothe's, St. John's.


98


Latenache, St. Philip's.


168


Laurel Hill, Incarnation.


236


Laurel Hill, St. John's


225


Lewisburg


143


Livonia, Calvary


205


Lodi, St. Philip's


98


Madisonville, St. Luke's


143


Magnolia


139


Mandeville, All Souls


143


Mansfield, Christ Church


173 99


Melville


237


Mer Rouge, St. Andrew's


192


Minden, St. John's.


202 26


Monroe, Grace


157


Monticello


233 219 159 260


Mortuary Statistics of the Clergy


235


Mt. Olivet, New Orleans


175


Mt. Olivet, Pineville.


97


Mt. Willing, St. Andrew's


236


Napoleonville, Christ Church 178


Natchitoches, Trinity


101


Nativity, Rosedale. 203


Newellton, St. Mary's.


189


New Iberia, Epiphany. 162


New Orleans, Annunciation 129


206


New Orleans, Christ Church


48


New Orleans, Emmanuel (German).


232


New Orleans (Jefferson), Emmanuel


208


New Orleans, French Church.


79


New Orleans, Grace 137


New Orleans, Grace (Trinity Chapel)


182


Marksville, St. Peter's


Missionary Operations


Morgan City, Trinity.


Morganza, St. Peter's


Mt. Lebanon.


New Orleans, Calvary


INDEX.


PAGE.


New Orleans, Grace


New Orlenes, Holy Innocents.


229 233


New Orleans (Algiers), Mt. Olivet


New Orleans, Resurrection.


New Orleans, St. Anna's.


New Orleans, St. George's.


New Orleans, St. John's


New Orleans, St. Luke's (Trinity Chapel)


New Orleans, St. Luke's.


New Orleans, St. Mark's


New Orleans, St. Paul's


New Orleans, St. Peter's


New Orleans, St. Philip's


New Orleans, St. Philip's


New Orleans, St. Thomas'


New Orleans, Trinity.


149


New Orleans, Trinity Chapel


182


North Bend


201


Oakley.


198


Oak Ridge, Redeemer


160


Officers of the Diocese.


24


Officers and Representatives of the Diocese (incumbents) 265


Opelousas, Epiphany


124


Patterson, Trinity


236


Pilot Town.


138


Pineville, Mt. Olivet (St. Peter's),


97


Place of Meeting of Councils.


263


Plaquemines Parish, Emmanuel


138


Plaquemines (Town), Holy Communion


138


Pointe Celeste, Emmanuel


138 38


Polk Settlement .


231


Pontchatoula, Annunciation ; All Saints


216


Port Allen, Christ Church.


235


Prairie Jefferson (Oak Ridge), Redeemer


160


Prairie Mer Rouge, St. Andrew's


192


Provencal. 237


Rayne, Calvary 237


Rayville 235


Redeemer, Oak Ridge


160


175 79 217 208 221 181


227 208 83 146 232


227 187 82


New Orleans (Lafayette), Trinity


Plaquemines Parish, Good Shepherd. 138 215


Pointe à la Hache.


Polk, Leonidas (Bishop).


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INDEX.


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Registrar of the Diocese


25


Resurrection, New Orleans.


79


Richmond


233


Rosedale, Nativity


203


Rules of Order


24


Ruth's Point.


231


Secretary of the Diocese 24,


266


Simaloosa, Grace


143


Simmesport, Grace 198


Shreveport, St. Mark's


104


Smithfield, St. John's.


Southern Car Works, Holy Spirit


Statistical Reports


St. Alban's, Jackson


St. Andrew's, Arcola.


St. Andrew's, Clinton


117


St. Andrew's, Mer Rouge


192


St. Andrew's, Mt. Willing


236


St. Anna's, New Orleans.


St. Augustine's, Brashear.


St. Barnabas,' Bunkie.


St. Barnabas', Lakeland


73 68


St. Francisville, Grace


St. George's, New Orleans


208


St. James, Alexandria.


87 63


St. James, Williamsport


166


St. John's, Colony


234


St. John's, Cotile (Lamothe's)


98


St. John's, Devall's.


119


St. John's, Laurel Hill


225


St. John's, Minden. 202


221


St. John's, Thibodaux.


108


St. John's, Washington


196


St. Joseph, St. Joseph's, (Christ Church)


188


St. Jude's, Arcola.


213


St. Luke's, Colfax.


99


St. Luke's, Madisonville.


143


St. Luke's (Trinity Chapel), New Orleans. 181


St. Luke's, New Orleans.


227 St. Luke's, Vermillionville


136


St. Mark's, Alexandria.


100


St. Mark's, New Orleans


208


St. Mark's, Opelousas.


124


St. Mark's, Shreveport


104


St. Martinsville, Zion.


127


119 213 267 115 213


217 219 201


St. James, Baton Rouge


St. John's, New Orleans.


INDEX.


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St. Mary's, Bayou Goula


122


St. Mary's, Franklin.


74


St. Mary's, Newellton.


189


St. Mary's, West Feliciana. 193


St. Mary's, Wilson


237


St. Matthew's, Houma


185


St. Michael's, Lafayette.


136 234


St. Paul's, New Orleans


83 99


St. Peter's, Morganza


159 146


St. Peter's, Pineville


97


St. Philip's, Boyce


100


St. Philip's, Latenache


168


St. Philips, Lodi.


98


St. Philips, New Orleans


St. Philip's, New Orleans,


St. Philip's, West Feliciana.


St. Stephen's, Waxia


St. Stephen's, Williamsport.


166


St. Thomas', New Orleans.


187 162


St. Timothy's, Sunny Home.


99


St. Timothy's, Tangipahoa


213 231


Sunny Home, St. Timothy's,


99


Superannuated Clergy Fund


28


Tallulah, Trinity


234


Tangipahoa, St. Timothy's.,


213


Thibodaux, St. John's,


Tickfaw.


108 214 186 144


Transylvania


Treasurer of the Diocese 24,


Trenton.


Trinity


Trinity Chapel, New Orleans


199


Trinity, De Soto.


171 219


Trinity, Natchitoches.


101


Trinity, New Orleans.


82


Trinity, New Orleans (Lafayette)


149


Trinity, Patterson 236


232 227 73 197


St. Timothy's, Jeannerette


Summer Grove.


Tigerville, Canterbury


267 235 231 182


Trinity, Cheneyville


Trinity, Morgan City


St. Paul's, Delta


st. Peter's, Marksville.


St. Peter's, New Orleans


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Trinity, Tallulah.


234


Tunica.


73


Union Landing


214


Union Settlement, Good Shepherd


138


Vermillionville, St. Luke's. 136


Vernon.


231


Vidalia


234


Waco.


233


Washington, St. John's


196


Waterproof, Grace


195


Waxia, St. Stephen's


197


Well's Ferry, Advent.


216


West Baton Rouge, St. John's.


119


West Feliciana, Good Shepherd


72


West Feliciana, St. Mary's.


193


West Feliciana, St. Philip's


73


Widows' and Orphans' Fund


28


Williamsport, St. Stephen's.


166


Wilmer, J. P. B. (Bishop)


42


Wilner Memorial, Kanomie.


98


Wilson, St. Mary's. 237


Zion, St. Martinsville. 127


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