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New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church

 Organization

Biography

The New Orleans/Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church was formed in 1977. In 1977, the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church was dissolved through the creation of two new districts: New Orleans/Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church and the New Orleans/Slidell District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church.

In 1978, the district reported 16,277 members. The district consisted of congregations in southeast Louisiana stretching from Donaldsonville (north) to Grand Isle (south) and Patterson (west) to Buras (east).

In 1989, the New Orleans/Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church was dissolved. The congregations that constituted the district were assigned to other districts: Acadiana District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, North Shore District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-New Orleans - Houma District
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include information about lay activities, resolutions, and reports...
Dates: 1977 - 1983
Found in: Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections / New Orleans - Houma District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church records

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