Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
The Catholic Diocese of Lafayette is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church. The oldest church in the diocese is the parish church of St. Martinville, dating back to 1756. The diocese was created in 1918 from the western part of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The size of the diocese was nearly halved by the creation of the Diocese of Lake Charles in 1980.
Geographic Summary
The diocese consists of four regions containing eight parishes:
* North (St. Landry Parish and Evangeline Parish)
* Central (most of Lafayette Parish and a large part of St. Martin Parish)
* South (Iberia Parish and St. Mary Parish, as well as part of St. Martin Parish)
* West (Acadia Parish and Vermilion Parish, as well as a small part of Lafayette Parish)
Bishops
* Jules Jeanmard (1918-1956)
* Maurice Schexnayder (1956-1973)
* Gerard L. Frey (1973-1986)
* Harry Flynn (1986-1994)
* Edward O'Donnell (1994-2002)
* Michael Jarrell (2002-Present)
High schools
* Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau
* Catholic High School, New Iberia
* Hanson Memorial High School, Franklin
* Notre Dame High School, Crowley
* Opelousas Catholic School, Opelousas
* Sacred Heart High School, Ville Platte
* St. Edmund High School, Eunice
* St. Thomas More School, Lafayette
* Teurlings Catholic High School, Lafayette
* Vermilion Catholic High School, Abbeville
External Links
* [http://www.dol-louisiana.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette - Official Homepage]
* [http://www.dol-louisiana.org/images/diocese-half.jpgMap of the Diocese of Lafayette]
* [http://www.dol-louisiana.org/ocs/links.htm List of the diocese's Catholic Schools with links to each school]
* [http://www.lafayettetravel.com/ldd/display.cfm?category=museums&id=21 Brief description of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist]
* [http://www.neworleanschurches.com/lafcath/stjohnlaf.htm Photos of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist]
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