Editing Carencro, Louisiana (section)

===Historic churches===
[[Image:StPetersChurchFront-Carencro.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown facing St. Peter's church.]]
According to Roger Baudier's history of the Catholic Church of Louisiana, the Carencro area was first served from [[Grand Coteau, Louisiana]], later from Vermilionville, and then from [[Breaux Bridge, Louisiana]].

The parish of St. Peter was established in 1874 and the archdiocese sent Father Andre Marie Guillot as its first pastor.  Before a church was built at Carencro, services were held in the Carmouche blacksmith shop. The church was initially called ''St. Pierre au Carencro'', named for Pierre Cormier, who donated land for the first church.  Father Guillot died of [[yellow fever]] while serving in Carencro. He was buried in the church cemetery.

According to Baudier, "(Father Guillot's) successor was Father J.F Suriray.  Trouble with the parishioners arose and Father Suriray was threatened by the people.  Some three years after his coming to Carencro, he was obliged to leave.  Some time after, the church was destroyed by fire and the parish remained without a pastor until 1883."

A plaque outside the later church notes the land was donated by the Jean Jacques Coussan family.  A new church was built in 1893, but was destroyed by a tornado before it was ever used. Another church was built, and it burned in 1904.  The current church was built in 1906 under the administration of Father F.J. Grimeaux, who served the parish for some 25 years. In addition, he organized the Carencro Brass Band and played clarinet with it.

A young carpenter named Hector Connolly worked for $2.50 a day to build the 110-foot steeple.

The Church of the Assumption was built in 1925 to serve a Black congregation.  The Holy Ghost Fathers accepted an invitation to direct the parish and sent Father Joseph Dolan as the first pastor.  Assumption Church continues to operate today with its original structure. This is the only white, wood-frame structure of its kind in the Diocese of Lafayette.

Our Lady of the Assumption Religious Complex consists of the church, rectory, school, Drexel Parish Hall (former Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Convent), the church cemetery, and St. Katharine Drexel Shrine.  The complex was listed on the State and [[National Register of Historic Places]] in November 2001.