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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Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Our Lady of Wisdom ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- Our Lady Queen of All Saints ChurchVille PlatteMass times recorded
- Our Lady Queen of Angels ChurchOpelousasView parish
- Our Lady Queen of Peace ChurchLafayetteView parish
- Our Mother of Mercy ChurchChurch PointView parish
- Our Mother of Mercy ChurchRayneView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchBaldwinMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchBroussardMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchNew IberiaMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchPort BarreView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchVille PlatteView parish
- St. Alphonsus ChurchMauriceMass times recorded
- St. Andrew Dung Lac and Companions ChurchAbbevilleView parish
- St. Ann ChurchMalletView parish
- St. Ann ChurchMamouMass times recorded
- St. Anne ChurchCow IslandView parish
- St. Anne ChurchYoungsvilleMass times recorded
- St. Anthony ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- St. Anthony of Padua ChurchEuniceMass times recorded
- St. Anthony of Padua ChurchKrotz SpringsMass times recorded
- St. Augustine ChurchBasileMass times recorded
- St. Basil ChurchJudiceView parish
- St. Benedict the Moor ChurchDusonMass times recorded
- St. Bernadette ChurchBayou VistaMass times recorded
- St. Bernard ChurchBreaux BridgeMass times recorded
- St. Bridget ChurchLawtellView parish
- St. Catherine ChurchLeonvilleView parish
- St. Catherine of Alexandria ChurchArnaudvilleMass times recorded
- St. Charles Borromeo ChurchGrand CoteauMass times recorded
- St. Edmond ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
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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