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.
- St. Lawrence ChurchMowataView parish
- St. Leo the Great ChurchLafayetteView parish
- St. Leo the Great ChurchLeonvilleView parish
- St. Leo the IV ChurchRoberts CoveView parish
- St. Marcellus ChurchRynellaView parish
- St. Martin de Porres ChurchDelcambreView parish
- St. Martin de Porres ChurchScottView parish
- St. Martin de Tours ChurchSt. MartinvilleMass times recorded
- St. Mary ChurchPort BarreView parish
- St. Mary Magdalen ChurchAbbevilleMass times recorded
- St. Mary Mother of the ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- St. Mathilda ChurchEuniceView parish
- St. Michael the Archangel ChurchCrowleyMass times recorded
- St. Nicholas ChurchLydiaView parish
- St. Patrick ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- St. Paul ChurchLafayetteView parish
- St. Peter ChurchCarencroMass times recorded
- St. Peter ChurchGrand PrairieView parish
- St. Peter ChurchMorrowMass times recorded
- St. Peter ChurchNew IberiaMass times recorded
- St. Peter ChurchPine PrairieMass times recorded
- St. Peter the Apostle ChurchFour CornersView parish
- St. Peter the Apostle ChurchGueydanView parish
- St. Pius X ChurchLafayetteMass times recorded
- St. Rita ChurchCatahoulaView parish
- St. Rose of Lima ChurchCeciliaView parish
- St. Stephen ChurchBerwickMass times recorded
- St. Theresa of Avila ChurchCrowleyMass times recorded
- St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ChurchAbbevilleMass times recorded
- St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ChurchDusonMass 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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