"The Diocese of Baton Rouge is a recent ecclesiastical entity ... established on July 21, 1961 ... The Diocese of Baton Rouge includes 12 civil parishes (counties): Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana."--Introduction, volume 1; This 22 volume set consists of "Baptismal, Marriage, and Burial Records ... of the ecclesiastical Parishes which covered the territory which is now the Diocese of Baton Rouge."--Introduction, volume 2.
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