The submission covers cemetery, church, convent and other religious properties that are historically or architecturally significant.
[1] Mobile was founded as the first capital of the French colony of Louisiana under the direction of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.
It was established by his brother, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, in 1702 to gain control over France's Louisiana claims.
During his thirty-year tenure he began many of the projects that led to what remains of Mobile's Catholic architectural and historical legacy.
[5] The structures listed in this multiple property submission reflect the best-preserved reminders of this Catholic legacy.