Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana

The Diocese of Lafayette (Latin: Dioecesis Lafayettensis ) is a location in the U.S. Roman Catholic diocese based in Lafayette.

It was established on 11 January 1918 cession of territory of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and this is a suffragan. The Diocese of Lafayette has submitted 1980 establishing areas of the Diocese of Lake Charles on January 29.

Bishops of Lafayette

  • Jules Benjamin Jeanmard, 1918-1956
  • Maurice Schexnayder, 1956-1972
  • Gerard Louis Frey, 1972-1989
  • Harry Joseph Flynn, 1989-1994, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  • Edward Joseph O'Donnell, 1994-2002
  • Charles Michael Jarrell, since 2002
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