Suffragan diocese Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Diocese of Lafayette
Lafayetten(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana is a Latin Church diocese in the Acadiana region of south-central Louisiana, erected in 1918. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, with the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist as its mother church.
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- Established
- 1918
- Catholics
- 330,000
- Priests
- 190
- Territory
- 14,968 km²
Parishes and churches
122 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistLafayette · CathedralMass times recorded
- Annunciation ChurchDuraldeView parish
- Assumption ChurchFranklinView parish
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryMireMass times recorded
- Holy Cross Catholic ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- Holy Family ChurchLawtellView parish
- Holy Ghost ChurchOpelousasMass times recorded
- Holy Trinity ChurchWashingtonMass times recorded
- Immaculate Conception ChurchCharentonView parish
- Immaculate Conception ChurchLebeauView parish
- Immaculate Conception ChurchMorseMass times recorded
- Immaculate Conception ChurchWashingtonMass times recorded
- Immaculate Heart of Mary ChurchCrowleyMass times recorded
- Immaculate Heart of Mary ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- Nativity of Our Lady ChurchNew IberiaMass times recorded
- Notre Dame ChurchSt. MartinvilleView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchErathMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Mercy ChurchHendersonView parish
- Our Lady of Mercy ChurchOpelousasView parish
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel ChurchChataignerView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help ChurchLeroyMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help ChurchNew IberiaMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor ChurchCoteauMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Assumption ChurchCarencroMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary ChurchKaplanMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Lake ChurchDelcambreMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Rosary ChurchJeaneretteMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ChurchChurch PointMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Victory ChurchLoreauvilleView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- J. Douglas Deshotel
- Born
- 6 January 1952
- Birthplace
- Basile
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist stands in Lafayette, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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