Scope and Content Chiefly papers of bishops Luis Penalver y Cardenas, 1793-1810; Louis Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, 1815-1826; Joseph Rosati, CM, apostolic administrator, 1827-1829; Leo Raymond de Neckere, 1829-1833; Anthony Blanc, 1835-1860; Jean Marie Odin, 1861-1870; Napoleon J. Perché, 1870-1883; Francis X. Leray, 1883-1887; and Francis Janssens, 1888-1897. Other correspondents include the Capuchin bishop, Cyril Antonio Sieni, better known as Bishop Cyril of Barcelona, who was the first resident...

Scope and Content Diary and ledger of John Mary Odin, with names of those baptised and married, the days he preached, and a sketchy itinerary of his trip to Europe in 1852 as well as journeys in the United States; also three letters of 1843 and 1850 to church officials in New Orleans.

The original diary is in the Catholic Archives of Texas, Chancery Office, Austin Texas.