About St. Joseph · Bastrop, Louisiana
St. Joseph Parish in Bastrop, Louisiana, is part of the Diocese of Shreveport and serves the Catholic community in this rural parish. While specific details about its founding or current pastor are not available on the diocesan website, it is one of many parishes within the 16 northern civil parishes of the diocese. The parish is likely rooted in the long Catholic history of northern Louisiana, which dates back to the 19th century and includes the establishment of the Diocese of Natchitoches in 1853. The Diocese of Shreveport, formed in 1986, now oversees this region, and St. Joseph Parish is part of that ecclesiastical structure.
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- Diocese of Shreveport