Francis Janssens became Ordinary of the New Orleans See in 1888, and promptly interested himself in the St. Tammany missions. On October 23 of that year, he gave Confirmation to 47 adults and children at St. Genevieve's. In his diary, the archbishop wrote: "There is a brick church in fair condition at Bonfouca, with a good presbytery, and the people are simple and well disposed. We (Father Mignot and the archbishop) slept there, and left Wednesday morning at 5 a.m. for Bayou Lacombe." Father Eugene Aveilhe was pastor of Mandeville at the time, and Bonfouca was still a mission of St. Theresa's Church, later called Our Lady of the Lake Church, of Mandeville. He referred to the Bonfouca chapel in his letters and reports it as "St. Genovefa." Already in 1887, a movement was on foot to divide the Mandeville parish and use Bonfouca as a center for a new one. Father Aveilhe told Archbishop Francis X. Leras: "Bonfouca has a new roof to its church, a nice yard well cared for since three years, and a decent rectory." Visited by horse and buggy The Rev. E. Lavaquery was named pastor of Mandeville in 1890, and began to visit St. Genevieve's by horse and buggy on the second and fourth Sunday of every month and twice a month on week days. In 1891, Bonfouca had a private school for 48 colored children, and there was a public school at Lacombe with 65, where catechism and prayers were taught under the direction of the pastor. The area was becoming important, and Father Lavaquery in 1890 built Sacred Heart Church at Lacombe. Archbishop Janssens dedicated it on December 1, 1890, before the roof was completed. For the first time in its long history, St. Genevieve in 1893 was taken away from Mandeville and assigned to the new parish of Lacombe, with Father Paquet as pastor. The new Church of Our Lady of Lourdes built at Slidell by Father Lavaquery and St. Joseph's Church at Florenville were also made missions of Lacombe. But this arrangement lasted only two years, 1893–1894. In 1894, Bonfouca was listed as having 400 Catholics, and 102 Communions in the year, eight Baptisms and two burials. Pew rent for the year totalled $2.50, while Sunday collections amounted to $12.50. During the ensuing year (1895) the number of Communions had increased to 293 and Baptisms to 10. Three marriages were