St._Joseph's_Catholic_Mission_at_Bayou_Derbonne
St. Joseph's Catholic Mission at Bayou Derbonne
Historic catholic church in Montrose, Louisiana, United States
St. Joseph's Catholic Mission at Bayou Derbonne is a historic Catholic mission founded in the 1800s along the banks of Bayou Derbonne near Montrose and Isle Brevelle in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, serving the Montrose and Cloutierville Creole community. It was the cultural and religious center of the area's Louisiana Creole people, predominantly of French descent.[1]