Arkansas' 1911 parishes and missions

Published: March 26, 2011

July 1, 1911: New construction for St. Bartholomew Church and School was reported in The Guardian under the heading "Catholic Colored School." The church building is still home to a predominantly black congregation of about 85 families.

As is done today, the Diocese of Little Rock collected data on the state of the Catholic Church in Arkansas and reported it for the Official Catholic Directory. The following list was published on the parishes and missions that existed in 1911 when The Southern Guardian was founded. Many churches also took care of “stations,” which were places where worship took place but not on weekends on a regular basis. About 90 stations were recorded in 1911. One hundred years later many of the places that were “stations” are now the largest parishes in the diocese.

Churches in Little Rock and North Little Rock

St. Andrew Cathedral

St. Edward (German)

Our Lady of Good Counsel

St. Patrick (Argenta)

St. Mary (Argenta) (Polish)

St. Bartholomew (Colored)

St. Ann (Levy)

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Marche) (Polish)

Chapels

Mount St. Mary Convent and College

Sisters of Charity at St. Vincent Infirmary

St. Joseph Orphanage (Levy)

Churches outside Little Rock

Altus: Our Lady of Perpetual Help with missions in Coal Hill and Denning

Arkansas City: St. Joseph with a mission in Dermott and stations in Blissville and Monticello

Atkins: Assumption

Bonanza: St. Stanislaus with missions in Huntington, Jenny Lind and Hartford and stations in Greenwood, Mansfield and Fidelity

Brinkley: St. John the Baptist with missions in Carlisle and DeValls Bluff and stations in Cotton Plant, Clarendon, Fair Oaks, Cach River, Hazen, Keevil, Hunter, Penrose, Wivillle and Wheatle

Camden: St. Louis with stations in Draughon, Felsenthal, Fordyce, Junction City, Magnolia, McNeil, Strong and Thornton

Center Ridge: St. Januarius (Italian)

Charleston: Sacred Heart

Clarksville: Holy Redeemer with missions in Hartman and Spadra and stations in Ozone and Cabin Creek

Conway: St. Joseph

Dardanelle: St. Wenceslaus (Bohemian Church)

Dixie: St. Boniface with a mission in Oppelo and station in Fourche

El Dorado: Guardian Angels

Engelberg: St. John the Baptist

Eureka Springs: St. Elizabeth with a chapel of Hotel Dien and station in Harrison

Fayetteville: St. Catherine

Forrest City: St. Francis with a mission in Wynne and a station in Marianna

Fort Smith: Immaculate Conception and St. Boniface (German)

Helena: St. Mary with stations in Barton and Glenwood

Hope: St. Augustine with a mission in Prescott and stations in Arkadelphia, Berne, Benton, Brady, Columbus, Glenwood, Graysonie, Gurdon, Malvern, Nashville, Pike City, Stamps and Washington

Hot Springs: Our Lady of the Springs and St. John the Baptist

Hoxie: All Saints with stations in Black Rock, Hardy, Mammoth Springs, Minturn, Ravenden and Smithville

Jonesboro: St. Roman the Abbot with a mission in Weiner and station in Marked Tree

Knoebel: St. Bernard with missions in Peach Orchard, Russell, Newport and Batesville and stations in Corning, Bald Knob, Olyphant and Judsonia

Lake Village: Our Lady of the Lake with a mission in Hamburg and stations in Crossett, Empire, Eudora, Lacey, Luna, Mist, Montrose, Portland, Readland and Willmot

McGehee: St. Winand with a mission in Grady and stations in Tillar, Laconia, Watson, Snowflake, Gould, Pendleton, Dumas, Lear and Douglas

Mena: St. Agnes with a mission in Foreman and station in De Queen

Morrilton: Sacred Heart

Morrison Bluff: Sts. Peter and Paul

New Gascony: St. Peter (Italian) with a station in Bauxite

Osceola: St. Matthew with missions in Huffman, Rector and Blytheville and a station in Luxora

Paragould: St. Mary

Paris: St. Joseph

Pine Bluff: St. Joseph with a mission in Sherrill, and St. Peter (Colored)

Pocahontas: St. Paul the Apostle with a mission in Noland

Quinton: St. Paul the Apostle with stations in Searcy and Heber

Ratcliff: St. Anthony with a mission in Barling

St. Vincent: Church of Perpetual Help

Shoal Creek: St. Scholastica with a mission in Prairie View

Stuttgart: Holy Rosary with missions in Gillett, Plum Bayou and Slovactown

Subiaco: St. Benedict and New Subiaco Abbey

Sunnyside: St. Lucia with a mission in Lakeport

Texarkana: St. Edward with a station in Boggy

Tontitown: St. Joseph with stations in Bentonville, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale

Van Buren: St. Michael with stations in Mulberry and Winslow

Religious communities of men

Benedictine Fathers from New Subiaco Abbey in Spieilerville, Little Rock, Altus, Charleston, Clarksville, Dixie, Fort Smith, Lake Village, Morrison Bluff, Paris, Ratcliff and Shoal Creek

Fathers of the Holy Ghost in Conway and Morrilton

Josephite Fathers in Pine Bluff

Society of the Divine Word in Little Rock

Religious communities of women

Sisters of Mercy in Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Mena and Tontitown

Sisters of Mercy from St. Louis in Eureka Springs

Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Hot Springs

Benedictine Sisters from Shoal Creek in Altus, Atkins, Barling, Bonanza, Charleston, Clarksville, Coal Hill, Dixie, Fort Smith, Ratcliff, St. Vincent, Shoal Creek, Spielerville and Van Buren

White Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of Mount Olive in Little Rock, Argenta, Brinkley, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Paragould, Pocahontas, Stuttgart and Texarkana

Sisters of Notre Dame in Conway and Morrilton

Sisters of St. Rose in Hope

Sisters of the Holy Ghost in Little Rock

School Sisters of the Holy Family (Colored) in Pine Bluff

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