Mansfield in De Soto Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Church of the Holy Apostles
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2025
1. Church of the Holy Apostles Marker
Built on this site in 1856 for the Bayou Pierre community by Fr. Jean Pierre, a native of Lanloup, France, who died a martyr to his charity in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport.
Erected by St. Joseph's Catholic Church Mansfield, LA, Diocese of Shreveport.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 32° 5.398′ N, 93° 36.535′ W. Marker is in Mansfield, Louisiana, in De Soto Parish. It is on Smithport Lake Road 0.2 miles east of Mundy Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1535 Smithport Lake Rd, Mansfield LA 71052, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Paul Boόet Laffitte (within shouting distance of this marker); Rock Chapel (approx. 0.4 miles away); Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross Roads (approx. 6.3 miles away); Louisiana Monument (approx. 6.4 miles away); Texas Monument (approx. 6.4 miles away); In Memory of Lieut. Colonel Franklin H. Clack. C.S.A. (approx. 6.4 miles away); Capt. Elijah Parsons Petty (approx. 6.4 miles away); Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross Roads (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mansfield.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2025
2. Church of the Holy Apostles Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 179 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 29, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
