The congregation in Ober-Monjou was part of parish headquartered in Katharinenstadt. The Catholic church in Ober-Monjou was built of stone and dedicated to "The Immaculate Conception" on 28 September 1897. This structure no longer exists.
Ober-Monjou was founded as a Roman Catholic colony on 5 March 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
In 1859, a daughter colony was established by colonists from Ober-Monjou seeking additional farm land. The daughter colony was called Neu-Ober-Monjou .
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
82
|
299
|
160
|
139
|
| 1769 |
91
|
324
|
176
|
148
|
| 1773 |
88
|
325
|
156
|
169
|
| 1788 |
72
|
370
|
177
|
193
|
| 1798 |
76
|
429
|
211
|
218
|
| 1816 |
91
|
620
|
308
|
312
|
| 1834 |
138
|
1,068
|
546
|
522
|
| 1850 |
174
|
1,608
|
808
|
800
|
| 1857 |
197
|
1,897
|
921
|
976
|
| 1859 |
165
|
1,513
|
744
|
769
|
| 1886 |
|
|
|
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
2,251*
|
1,129
|
1,122
|
| 1904 |
|
|
|
|
| 1910 |
392
|
2,752
|
1,365
|
1,387
|
| 1912 |
|
2,882
|
|
|
| 1920 |
451**
|
2,978
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
433
|
2,443
|
1,190
|
1,253
|
*Of whom 2,235 were German.
**Of which 444 families were German.
***Of those, 431 households accounting for 2,432 colonists (1,184 males, 1,248 females) were German.
Catholic
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Ober-Monjou (Wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian