According to the 1798 Census of Rohleder there was already a church building in the colony, but there was not a resident priest. A new church, constructed of stone was built and dedicated to the "Mother of God."
The following priests also served the congregation at Rohleder.
Alexander Schadurski
Joseph Gütlein 1879-1898
Valentin Böchler 1902-1903
Rohleder was founded as a Roman Catholic colony on 14 June 1766 by LeRoy & Pictet.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
|
155
|
|
|
| 1769 |
|
159
|
|
|
| 1773 |
46
|
208
|
111
|
97
|
| 1788 |
|
|
|
|
| 1798 |
36
|
219
|
103
|
116
|
| 1816 |
|
316
|
|
|
| 1834 |
86
|
586
|
|
|
| 1850 |
106
|
935
|
472
|
463
|
| 1857 |
130
|
1,134
|
572
|
562
|
| 1859 |
|
1,174
|
|
|
| 1883 |
|
1,290
|
|
|
| 1889 |
|
1,623
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,835*
|
925
|
910
|
| 1905 |
|
2,267
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
2,527
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
2,359
|
|
|
| 1920 |
366
|
2,354
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,416
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
1,322
|
|
|
| 1926 |
311
|
1,665
|
804
|
861
|
| 1931 |
|
2,268
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,824 were German.
Catholic
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