Construction on the first Catholic church in Leesville began under Father Q. Vanderburg in 1913. The church was blessed by the Right Reverend Bishop Cornelius Van de Ven on April 26, 1914. The Reverend Dennis A. Curran was the first resident administrator. Before 1914, Catholics of Vernon Parish were ministered to by priests from Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Many. Its mission status was changed to that of a parish by the Most Reverend Bishop Charles P. Greco on October 18, 1946.