About Our Lady of the Rosary · Jeanerette, Louisiana
Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic parish serving the Catholic faithful of Jeanerette, Louisiana, in the heart of Acadiana and Iberia Parish. Established in 1944 and belonging to the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana, the parish is part of the diocese's South Deanery and shares its priest with nearby St. Peter the Apostle Church in Four Corners. The parish offers a full weekly Mass schedule including a Saturday vigil, a Sunday morning Mass, and four weekday Masses, along with regular confessions and a parish cemetery on the same grounds.
- Established
- 1944
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary (the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of the Most Holy Rosary)
- Rector
- Rev. Francis Damoah, SVD
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
Why belong here
Our Lady of the Rosary offers the rhythms of a classic small-town Cajun Catholic parish: a Saturday vigil Mass, a Sunday morning Mass, four weekday Masses spread across mornings and evenings, and confessions every Sunday morning and before every Mass. As part of the Diocese of Lafayette's South Deanery, it sits in the heart of Acadiana's deep Catholic culture, with its own parish cemetery on the Old Jeanerette Road grounds, and welcomes visitors and parishioners alike into a tight-knit worshipping community.
Mass times at Our Lady of the Rosary
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM (before the 10:00 AM Mass)
- 30 minutes before all Masses
About Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic parish in Jeanerette, Louisiana, founded in 1944 and belonging to the Diocese of Lafayette. The parish serves the faithful of this small South Louisiana town in Iberia Parish, offering Mass six days a week and confessions before every Mass. It is one of more than 120 parishes served by the Diocese of Lafayette, and is part of the diocese's South Deanery, which covers St. Mary, St. Martin, and Iberia Parishes.
- Parish name: Our Lady of the Rosary
- Location: Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
- Founded: 1944
- Diocese: Lafayette in Louisiana
- Deanery: South Deanery
Parish History
Our Lady of the Rosary was established in 1944 to serve the growing Catholic population of the Jeanerette area. The parish is listed in the Southwest Louisiana Catholic records compiled by Father Hebert as 'Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 5100 Old Jeanerette Rd., Jeanerette, LA 70544,' with sacramental records beginning in 1944, the year of its founding. The parish remains on Old Jeanerette Road, with its church building and an adjacent cemetery still on that historic grounds. Today, under the Diocese of Lafayette, the parish continues nearly eighty years of worship in the heart of Acadiana.
- Records begin: 1944 (year of founding)
- Listed in Southwest Louisiana church records by Father Hebert
- Same Old Jeanerette Road location today as at founding
Pastor & Clergy
The current pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary is Rev. Francis Damoah, SVD, a member of the Society of the Divine Word missionary congregation. Fr. Damoah also serves as pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Four Corners, a neighboring community in the Diocese of Lafayette's South Deanery. He is listed in the official Diocese of Lafayette Priests Directory as pastor of both parishes.
- Rev. Francis Damoah, SVD — Pastor, Our Lady of the Rosary, Jeanerette
- Also Pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Church, Four Corners
- Contact: [email protected]
Parish Cemetery
The parish operates a Catholic cemetery, Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery, located on the same Old Jeanerette Road property as the church. The cemetery serves the Catholic families of the Jeanerette area and is recorded in cemetery databases at 11200 Old Jeanerette Rd, Jeanerette, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish.
- Name: Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery
- Address: 11200 Old Jeanerette Rd., Jeanerette, LA 70544
- Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Diocese of Lafayette — South Deanery
Our Lady of the Rosary is one of the parishes in the South Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana. The South Deanery encompasses all Catholic parishes in St. Mary, St. Martin, and Iberia civil parishes, including towns such as New Iberia, St. Martinville, Franklin, Charenton, Baldwin, Berwick, Centerville, and Jeanerette. The Very Rev. William Blanda, VF, serves as Vicar Forane of the South Deanery. The Diocese of Lafayette itself was established on 11 January 1918 and today includes approximately 120 parishes across South-Central Louisiana.
- Deanery: South Deanery (St. Mary, St. Martin, Iberia Parishes)
- Diocese established: 11 January 1918
- Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette
- Total parishes in diocese: approximately 120
Visit, Contact & Connect
Parishioners and visitors can reach Our Lady of the Rosary by phone or email, and stay connected through its official Facebook page. The parish office uses the address of the church for all mail and visitors are encouraged to call ahead to confirm Mass times, especially around holy days and special seasons.
- Address: 11200 Old Jeanerette Rd., Jeanerette, LA 70544
- Phone: (337) 276-6900
- Email: [email protected]
- Facebook: facebook.com/LadyRoseJeanerette
- Diocese parish finder: diolaf.org/parishfinder