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.
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.
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