Shreveport diocese
Shreveport diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
Diocesan bishop | Francis Malone |
founding | 1986 |
surface | 28,837 km² |
Parishes | 27 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 814,956 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 41,505 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 5.1% |
Diocesan priest | 30 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 883 |
Permanent deacons | 33 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 21 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 24 (2017 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of St. John Berchmans |
Website | www.dioshpt.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The diocese was founded on June 16, 1986 by Pope John Paul II by splitting the diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport into the dioceses of Alexandria and Shreveport.
Bishops
- William Benedict Friend (1986-2006)
- Michael Gerard Duca (2008–2018), then Bishop of Baton Rouge
- Francis Malone (since 2019)