The community was founded in 1995 and established as a personal parish in 1999 by Archbishop John Francis Donaghue.

St. Francis de Sales is a Latin Rite parish serving the Archdiocese of Atlanta, which was separated in 1956 from the Diocese of Savannah.

The reinstatement of the Rite began at Holy Spirit parish in Buckhead and later moved to Sacred Heart Church with the support of its pastor, Fr.

The St. Francis de Sales Latin Mass Community was founded in 1995 with the arrival of a full-time priest.

A rectory was soon established in Alpharetta and the Sunday Mass was moved to St. Joseph's Maronite Church in Atlanta.

Peter and Paul Parish where a Sunday Mass at the Kelly & Leak Funeral Home was added.

St. Francis de Sales finally found a permanent home the following year, in Mableton.

Nicholas Zolnerowicz, a priest of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, who served as parochial vicar until his retirement in 2003.

Robert Fromageot, FSSP became pastor, but in July 2004 he left to pursue a degree in moral theology in Rome.

Matthew McCarthy, FSSP, who was parochial vicar at that time, became pastor, and would remain so until 2017, when he was replaced by Fr.