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The first permanent Catholic settler, Peter F. Buvens, a native of Belgium, located near Many in 1837 (from Roger Baudier, the Catholic Church in Louisiana, p 441)
Source : (collective work) : Inventory of the parish archives of Louisiana.; Baton Rouge, La.: Dept. of Archives, Louisiana State University, 1942, 162 pgs.
