The Archives Office hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
PURPOSE
The Catholic Archives of the
Diocese of Alexandria was established to preserve and safeguard its historical
collections and to document its contemporary history.
HOLDINGS:
Microfilms Collection
Church History
Old Sacramental Records
Photograph Collections
Special Individual
Collections
Papers of the Bishops
Biography of Bishops
Some rare books
RECORDS
They are preserved through
microfilm, copies, manuscripts, originals, and Compact Disk.
Most of the early records
are in French and some in Spanish.
Microfilms and original
books of Sacramental Records:
Avoyelles …………………….Beginning
1796
Natchitoches ………………...Beginning 1734
Rapides ………………………No records
available before 1895
SERVICES:
Request
must be addressed to: Diocese of Alexandria, P. O. Box 7417, Alexandria,
LA 71306-0417
(Inquiries
by phone or e-mail will not be honored.)
Provide
as much information as possible (surname of the person, date of birth, or year
of baptism, marriage or death, name of parents if available)
There
is a nominal fee for this personal service of $15 to search one record and $3
per certificate upon request.
- Assistance to pre-approved visitors and to
serious researches of history.
STAFF
Msgr. Joseph M. Susi, Archivist
(318) 445-2401, ext. 208
msgrjsusi@diocesealex.org
Mrs. Esbelta
Colls, Assistant Archivist
(318) 445-2401, ext. 228
ecolls@diocesealex.org