Diocese of Lafayette
Lafayetten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1918
- Latin
- Lafayetten(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001932
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 330,000
- Population
- 629,000
- Catholic share
- 52.5%
- Priests
- 190
- Catholics per priest
- 1,737
- Extent
- 14,968 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- J. Douglas Deshotel
- Born
- 6 January 1952
- Birthplace
- Basile
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of New Orleans
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New OrleansNew Orleans
- Diocese of AlexandriaAlexandria
- Diocese of Baton RougeBaton Rouge
- Diocese of Houma-ThibodauxHouma
- Diocese of Lake CharlesLake Charles
- Diocese of ShreveportShreveport
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].