WELTE, (Rev.) Maurius, FR., then Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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REV. MAURIUS WELTE, CARENCRO.--Rev. Maurius Welte, pastor of St. Peter's
Catholic church at Carencro, was born in Lyons, France, 1852.  He is the son
of Charles and Jane (Rey) Welte, both natives of Alsace, then France.  Both
are now deceased.  Charles Welte was a book-keeper and was engaged in
commercial pursuits all his life.  Seven children born to our subject's
parents are still living.

Rev. Maurius Welte when but a boy, 1867, came to the United States with Bishop
Odin.  He attended St. Charles College, Baltimore, and subsequently graduated
in New Orleans.  Later he pursued his studies in Cincinnati, and after their
completion he had charge of the church at Napoleonville, Louisiana, for over
four years.  In 1883 Rev. Welte came to Carencro, and through his exertions
St. Peter's church building, which had been destroyed in 1881, was rebuilt.  A
history of the foundation of St. Peter's church will be found in the
historical part of this work.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 249. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.