Diocese of Lafayette
Diocese of Lafayette | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
Diocesan bishop | John Douglas Deshotel |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Charles Michael Jarrell |
founding | 1918 |
surface | 14,962 km² |
Parishes | 121 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 629,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 330,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 52.5% |
Diocesan priest | 151 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 39 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,737 |
Permanent deacons | 95 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Friars | 67 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 134 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. John the Evangelist |
address | 1408 Carmel Drive Lafayette LA 70501-5298 |
Website | www.dol-louisiana.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Lafayette ( lat. : Dioecesis Lafayettensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Lafayette .
It was built on January 11, 1918 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and subordinated to this as a suffragan . The Diocese of Lafayette gave on January 29, 1980 territories establishing the Diocese of Lake Charles .
Bishops of Lafayette
- Jules Benjamin Jeanmard , 1918-1956
- Maurice Schexnayder , 1956–1972
- Gerard Louis Frey , 1972-1989
- Harry J. Flynn , 1989–1994, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
- Edward Joseph O'Donnell , 1994-2002
- Charles Michael Jarrell , 2002-2016
- John Douglas Deshotel , since 2016
See also
Web links
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