GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Louisiana: LA-20

St. Charles Borromeo Church
1237 Highway 665
P.O. Box 54
Montegut, LA 70377

Phone: 985-594-6801
Email: stcharleschurchpac@htdiocese.org

 

History: St. Charles Borromeo Church, Montegut [Pointe-aux-Chênes], Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, has been a predominantly Native American (Houma, Pointe-aux-Chênes) parish in the Diocese of Houman-Thibodaux (Archives: Thibodaux, Louisiana). Some local Houma Indians formed a break-away Pointe-aux-Chênes Tribe, 1993.

Before 1900	Chitamacha, Choctaw and Houma Indians intermarried and settled in Terrebonne Parish
1924-1960	New Orleans archdiocesan priests at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Montegut, attended Pointe-aux-Chênes/ Oak Point station
1960-1971	New Orleans archdiocesan priests at Sacred Heart, Montegut, attended St. Charles Borromeo Mission, Pointe-aux-Chênes
1971-1977	Became a parish; New Orleans archdiocesan priests founded and administered St. Charles Borromeo Church (Pointe-aux-Chênes/ Houma), Montegut/ Pointe-aux-Chênes
1977-present	Houma-Thibodaux diocesan priests have administered St. Charles

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1971-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Charles Borromeo 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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