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The Churches of Pointe Coupee
  

 

St. Mary's Catholic Church - Built in 1907 to house the fourth oldest Catholic community in Louisiana, St. Mary's Catholic Church on Main Street in New Roads boasts beautiful Gothic Revival architecture. St. Mary's interior treasures include magnificently carved altars, Way of the Cross oil paintings and German stained glass windows portraying the Mysteries of the Rosary and other subjects. The original structure, "St. Mary's of False River," was built in 1823 and was made an independent parish in 1865.

St. Francis Chapel - The original structure was completed in 1728 at the Post of Pointe Coupee. A new church was constructed in 1760 but built too close to the Mississippi River. Graves from the church's graveyard were soon consumed by the rushing waters. The church was dismantled and a smaller version was built using materials from the previous church. It was dedicated in 1895. Known as the fourth oldest continuously operating Catholic church in Louisiana, St. Francis Chapel is now a mission church of St. Mary's of False River . The town of St. Francisville is named for the St. Francis Chapel.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church - This Church was built near Innis in 1858 and consecrated by the famed "Fighting Bishop of the Confederacy", Bishop Leonidas Polk.  St. Stephens is thought to be the oldest brick structure in the parish. Its cemetery contains a Civil War monument to the unknown soldiers of the confederacy.

   

 

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