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The Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana ( Latin: Dioecesis Lafayettensis, French: Diocèse de Lafayette en Louisiane ), is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The diocese was erected by the Vatican in 1918, and ...
The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist or La Cathédrale St-Jean, originally called l'Église St-Jean du Vermilion, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana. It was the first parish in Lafayette Parish —founded in 1821—and was designated cathedral upon the erection of the diocese in 1918.
The Lafayette area would be part of this diocese for the next 87 years. Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana 1944 to 1965. Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana on October 21, 1944, with territory of the Diocese of Fort Wayne. The new diocese had 54 parishes and an approximate population of 31,700 Catholics.
In 1944, the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana was created by dividing the Diocese of Fort Wayne and St. Mary's Church was chosen as the cathedral for the new diocese. The cathedral has undergone a number of changes including an interior redecoration and addition of a social hall in 2001. See also. List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
Bishop. John Douglas Deshotel (born January 6, 1952) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana since 2016. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas from 2010 to 2016.
On September 5, 2020, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana, led by Bishop John Douglas Deshotel, officially opened the cause for his beatification. He is the third candidate for canonization from the Lafayette Diocese, following Auguste Nonco Pelafigue (1888–1977), a layman, and Charlene Richard (1947
Fr. Tom McDermott, O.P. Deacon (s) Dan Finn. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is the Catholic university parish [1] [2] at Purdue University. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. [3] It is often referred to as "St. Tom's" by parishioners. [4] St. Thomas Aquinas Bell Tower.
Police were called to St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville, 20 miles south of Lafayette, at 10:35 a.m. when the 16-year-old suspect tried to get in via the back door.