Continent: North America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Lafayette in Louisiana / Lafayette / Lafayetten(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: New Orleans
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop (2016.02.17 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Lafayette in Louisiana (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)
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Bishop emeritus of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)
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Bishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell
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Bishop Harry Joseph Flynn (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Gerard Louis Frey
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Bishop Maurice Schexnayder
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Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard
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Area: 14,962 km²
Population: 323,568 Catholics (50.1% of 645,560 total) (2020)
Statistics: 122 parishes, 2 missions, 213 priests (151 diocesan, 62 religious), 113 deacons, 176 lay religious (78 brothers, 98 sisters), 28 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint John Vianney (August 4)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 20
Last updated on 2023.02.02
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