Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana

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The Catholic Diocese of Lafayette is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church. Its home cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, located in Lafayette, Louisiana.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 diminished by half by the creation of the Diocese of Lake Charles in 1980.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Bishops

• Jules B. 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)

[edit] External Links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette - Official Homepage
• Map of the Diocese of Lafayette
• List of the diocese's Catholic Schools with links to each school
• Brief description of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
• Photos of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist