About St. Peter · Grand Prairie, Louisiana
St. Peter Church is a small Roman Catholic parish serving the rural community of Grand Prairie in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Founded in 1951 and entrusted to the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana, the church sits along Highway 748 (also addressed as 1074 LA-748) just west of Washington, in the heart of Acadiana. The faith community is led by Rev. Jude A. Halphen, PhD, who serves as pastor and also as a pastoral counselor with the diocesan Family Life Office. St. Peter offers a traditional Roman-Latin Mass schedule throughout the week, weekly Confession before each Mass, and serves as one of the welcoming North Deanery parishes of the diocese covering St. Landry and Evangeline civil parishes.
- Established
- 1951
- Patron
- St. Peter (the Apostle)
- Rector
- Rev. Jude A. Halphen, PhD
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana (Roman-Latin Rite); part of the North Deanery covering St. Landry and Evangeline civil parishes.
Why belong here
St. Peter offers the full rhythm of Catholic sacramental life to a small, tight-knit rural congregation: weekday Mass three mornings and one evening, two Sunday Masses, and Confession offered before every Mass. Worship is celebrated in the traditional Roman-Latin Rite under the pastoral care of Rev. Jude Halphen, PhD, who combines parish shepherding with diocesan-level marriage and family counseling. For Catholic families and individuals in the Grand Prairie / Washington area seeking a quiet, traditional parish with multiple daily Mass opportunities and easy access off LA-103, St. Peter is a welcoming rural home.
Mass times at St. Peter
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday: 3:00–3:45 PM
- Sunday: 9:00–9:25 AM
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:00–7:25 AM
- Wednesday: 4:30–4:55 PM
Parish Identity & Location
St. Peter is a small Roman Catholic parish in the rural Grand Prairie community of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Founded in 1951 and entrusted to the Diocese of Lafayette, the parish serves families spread across the prairie farmland west of Washington. Its physical address is 1074 Hwy. 748 (also written 1074 LA-748), Grand Prairie, Louisiana 70589, with a Washington, LA mailing reference. The parish is listed by the diocese among the 34 parishes and 10 mission churches of the North Deanery, which covers St. Landry and Evangeline civil parishes.
- Parish type: Church (Parish)
- Diocese: Lafayette in Louisiana
- Deanery: North (St. Landry & Evangeline parishes)
- Rite: Roman-Latin
- Address: 1074 Hwy. 748, Grand Prairie, LA 70589
- Year established: 1951
Pastor & Staff
The parish is led by Rev. Jude A. Halphen, PhD, who is listed in the diocesan Priests Directory as Pastor of St. Peter Church, Grand Prairie, and also as a Pastoral Counselor with the Diocese of Lafayette's Family Life Office. The pastor can be reached through the parish office at (337) 826-3870 or by email at [email protected]. The Family Life Office of the diocese, where Fr. Halphen also serves, is located at 1408 Carmel Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501 (337-261-5653). No additional parish staff are published online.
- Rev. Jude A. Halphen, PhD — Pastor
- Email: [email protected]
- Parish phone: 337-826-3870
- Father also serves as Pastoral Counselor, Diocese of Lafayette Family Life Office
Diocese & Deanery
St. Peter is one of 122 parishes in the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana and is grouped into the North Deanery. The North Deanery covers St. Landry Civil Parish and Evangeline Civil Parish and includes 34 church parishes plus 10 mission churches serving an estimated Catholic population of about 68,890 people across roughly 1,619 square miles. Other North Deanery parishes with the same patron — St. Peter — are located in Morrow and Pine Prairie.
- Diocese: Lafayette in Louisiana
- Deanery: North
- Deanery geographic area: St. Landry + Evangeline civil parishes
- Sister parishes sharing the patron in the North Deanery: St. Peter (Morrow), St. Peter (Pine Prairie)
Contact & Online Presence
Because St. Peter does not maintain an independent website, its official online presence is the Diocese of Lafayette's Parish Finder. Practical information — address, phone, Mass times, confession schedule, and current pastor — is published there and mirrored by several Catholic directories. No official Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube accounts for the parish were found online.
- Official online home: diolaf.org/parishfinder
- Phone: (337) 826-3870
- Email: [email protected]
- No independent parish social media accounts found