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■April
1699
1820
1837
18*4-7-59
1859-97
1897-1903
1903-06
1906-18
1918
1955-58
1958-62
1962-69
1978-80
1980-85
1985-88
1988
OUR LADY OF THE : GULF (Church)
PASTORS
d'Iberville, explorer; priest on board
Fr Athanasius Douay & Fr. Bordenave for Mobile
Fr. Michael Portier - later Bishop of Mobile
July; Pope Gregory XVI established the Diocese of Natchez
Rev. Louis Stanislaus Mary Buteaux March 26, 1848, cornerstone to OLG Sept 1, 1853* Boys school re-opened 1854 by Brothers of Sacred Heart Died:	June	14, 1875
Rev. Henry Leduc
Dec 22, 1872, St. Mary's Cemetery ; estab 13 missions Died Aug 27, 1897
Rev. Florimond J. Blanc Bought rectory property Died:	June	14, 1903
Fr. Aloise Van Waesberghe
Rev. John M. Pendergast
Nov 16, 1907; fire destroyed all
Oct 4, 1908 cornerstone of new church laid; all replaced
Rev. Andrew J. Gmelch
1919 Waveland separate parish
1922; St. Augustine Mission = Fathers of Divine Word 1926 St. Rose of Lima = separate parish
i960 Bay Catholic Hi until 1976; 1982 =? elementary school Died May 15, 1955
Fr. McCartney
Fr. Maloney
Msgr Gregory Johnson
Fr. Kavanaugh
Fr. Francis Farrell
Msgr James McGough
Fr. Peter Mockler


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