Saint Peter Church. L'Abbé Jouanneault built the predecessor of St. Peter Church on the Bogue Falaya in 1843. The first resident pastor was Fr. J. X. Giraud, appointed in 1863 to serve Covington, Madisonville, Bedico and Abita Springs. In 1898 Fr. Joseph Koegerl pastor, who was also Canon of St. Louis Cathedral, built a new church and rectory on Massachusetts St. The Jefferson Ave. church was erected in 1940 during the pastorate of Fr. Aemilian Egler, O.S.B. Two Benedictine monks were pastors 1878-1885 and Benedictines have served the parish continuously since 1922.