Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lafayette in Louisiana / Lafayette / Lafayetten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New Orleans

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint John Vianney (August 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 19

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1918.01.11: Established as Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana / Lafayette / Lafayetten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans and became suffragan of New Orleans)
1980.01.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lake Charles

Contact Info

Address: 1408 Carmel Dr., P.O. Box 3387, Lafayette, LA 70502, USA

Phone: +1 (337) 261-5613

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.02.17 – ...):

Bishop John Douglas Deshotel (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lafayette in Louisiana (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Douglas Deshotel (72)
(2016.02.17 – ...)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Caritas Christi urget me

Born:	1952.01.06 (Basile, LA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.27

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1978.05.13 – 2010.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Cova (2010.03.11 – 2016.02.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA) (2010.03.11 – 2016.02.17)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (2016.02.17 – ...)

Bishop Charles Michael Jarrell (84)
(2002.11.08 – 2016.02.17)

Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

In all things charity

Born:	1940.05.15 (Opelousas, LA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.04

Priest of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1967.06.03 – 1992.12.29)

Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA) (1992.12.29 – 2002.11.08)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (2002.11.08 – 2016.02.17)

Bishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell
(1994.11.08 – 2002.11.08)

To bind all together

Born:	1931.07.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.02.10
Died:	2009.02.01 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Bretoña (1983.12.06 – 1994.11.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1983.12.06 – 1994.11.08)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1994.11.08 – 2002.11.08)

Bishop Harry Joseph Flynn (later Archbishop)
(1989.05.15 – 1994.02.24)

Come lord Jesus

Born:	1933.05.02 (Schenectady, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.24
Died:	2019.09.23 (Saint Paul, MN, USA † 86)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1986.04.19 – 1989.05.15)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1989.05.15 – 1994.02.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1994.02.24 – 1995.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1995.09.08 – 2008.05.02)

Bishop Gerard Louis Frey
(1972.11.07 – 1989.05.13)

Serviam

Born:	1914.05.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.08
Died:	2007.08.16 († 93)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1967.05.31 – 1972.11.07)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1972.11.07 – 1989.05.13)

Bishop Maurice Schexnayder
(1956.03.13 – 1972.11.07)

Ad te clamamus

Born:	1895.08.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1925.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.02.22
Died:	1981.01.23 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Tuscamia (1950.12.11 – 1956.03.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1950.12.11 – 1956.03.13)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1956.03.13 – 1972.11.07)

Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard
(1918.07.18 – 1956.03.13)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1879.08.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1903.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.12.08
Died:	1957.02.23 († 77)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1918.07.18 – 1956.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Bareta (1956.03.13 – 1957.02.23)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Harry Joseph Flynn (later Archbishop) (1986.04.19 – 1989.05.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux (1962.05.19 – 1971.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Emmet Tracy (1959.03.13 – 1961.08.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maurice Schexnayder (1950.12.11 – 1956.03.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Lafayette, Louisiana

Churches by City (152)

Lake Charles (←), Alexandria (↖), Baton Rouge (→), Houma–Thibodaux (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

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