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POPES DURING THE HISTORY OF ANNUNCIATION PARISH
No. 255	Pius IX	1846-1878
No. 256	Leo XIII	1878-903
No. 257	(St.) Pius X	1903-1914
No. 258	Benedict XV	1914-1922
No. 259	Pius XI	1922-939
No. 260	Pius XII	1939-958
No. 261	John XXIII	1958-963
No. 262	Paul VI	1963-1978
No. 263	John Paul I	1978 (33 days)
No. 264	John Paul II	1978 (now reigning)
BISHOPS OF NATCHEZ, JACKSON, AND BILOXI
John J. Chance, S.S.
First Bishop J O. Van deVelde, S.J. William Henry Elder (to Cincinnati) Francis Janssens
Years of Service 1841-1852
1853-1855
1857-1880
1880-1904
1881-1888
Thomas Heslin	1889-1911
John Edward Gunn, S.M.	1911-1924
Richard Oliver Gerow	1924-1967
Joseph B. Brunini	1967-1984
Joseph Lawson Howze	1977-
First Bishop of Biloxi diocese -diocese created June 6, 1977
Date of Death 7-22-1852
11-13-	1955 10-31-1904
1897
(to New Orleans) 2-22-1911 2-19-1924
12-20-1976 Retired
Present Bishop
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PRIEST?S NAMES FOUND IN OUR CHURCH RECORDS
Signature
Fr. Stanislaus Louis Buteux
Fr Henry LeDuc
H.A. DeMorangies
T.H. Meerschaert
A. Oberti
M.F. Grignon
M. Chisolfi
Dutto Slogreid
G O. Marette
E.H. Hahn
Bishop W.H Elder
Aloise Van Waesberghe
Bishop Janssens
Fr. A. Ketels
Fr. FX Guay
H.	Mortier
E. M. Schmitt
Rene J. Sorin
Persus DeGruyter
J B. Frankhauser
E.	Husser P J. Ahem A. Vautier
J. H. Chauvin D. J. Foulkes A C. Denis
F.X.	Toner,M.S.S T.
Hubert Wolf Edmund Kollar
Fr. H P Harris,C M.
Fidelis Becker,M.S.S T. Benigno Presa.C.M.
Charles Tague,M.S.S.T. Ernest Hill,M.S.S.T.
First	Date of
Appears	Death
1847	6-14-1875
1866	8-27-1897
1873	Unknown
1873-1879	Unknown
	9-10-1878
1873	4-17-1887
1875	9-22-1875
1875	Unknown
1875	Unknown
1879	Unknown
1879	10-31-1904
1880-1890	4-06-1906
1886	6-10-1897
1888	7-11-1921
1889	Unknown
1890-1896	10-18-1933
1894-1897	Unknown
1898-1900	2-6-1955
1899-1903	Unknown
1907	Unknown
1910	Unknown
1911	Unknown
1917	Unknown
1903-1919	8-13-59
1927	Unknown
1919-1945	12-17-53
1946	5-31-91
1947	
1948	
1949	
1949	
1950	
1951	
1952	
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