Xavier University of Louisiana | 29,648 followers on LinkedIn. The Official LinkedIn of Xavier University of Louisiana, America's only historically Black, Catholic university. #XULA | Founded in 1925 by Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of The Blessed Sacrament Xavier is the only Black and Catholic University in the U.S. Of it's vast accomplishments Xavier is a top producer of African American Pharmacists, is 1st nationally in placing African Americans in medical school, as well as producing African American graduates in physics.