Continent: North America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Lafayette in Louisiana / Lafayette / Lafayetten(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: New Orleans
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint John Vianney (August 4)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 19
Address: 1408 Carmel Dr., P.O. Box 3387, Lafayette, LA 70502, USA
Phone: +1 (337) 261-5613
Bishop (2016.02.17 – ...): | Bishop John Douglas Deshotel (72) |
Bishops of Lafayette in Louisiana (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop John Douglas Deshotel (72) Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)
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Bishop Charles Michael Jarrell (84) Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)
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Bishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell
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Bishop Harry Joseph Flynn (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Gerard Louis Frey
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Bishop Maurice Schexnayder
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Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard
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Area: 14,970 km²
Population: 324,540 Catholics (51.5% of 630,574 total)
Pastoral Centres: 122 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 204 priests (148 diocesan, 56 religious), 101 deacons, 136 religious (68 brothers, 68 sisters), 21 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.08.13
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