Shelton Fabre

Shelton Joseph Fabre ( born October 25, 1963 in New Roads ) is Bishop of Houma - Thibodaux.

Life

After attending the local schools Fabre graduated in 1981 with the degree in Pointe Coupée. He subsequently joined in Louisiana in the St. Benedict Semenary. This was followed by a study at the University of Louvain, where he graduated with a Master of Arts.

On August 5, 1989 Bishop Stanley Joseph Ott him consecrated as a priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. In the following years he was chaplain of the parish of St. George in Baton Rouge, St. Alphonsus Liguori in Greenwell Springs, St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge and St. Isidore the Farmer in Baker. Most recently, he was pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Baton Rouge.

In the Commission staff working his diocese, he was also Seelsorgsleiter for the "black population " of his home diocese. Later he was also dean of the Northwest Deanerys, as well as consultant to and member of the council of priests of his diocese. At the same time he took the work of a marriage bond counsel on Offizialat was.

On 13 December 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans. Here he was not only since the Episcopal Vicar, but at the same time pastor of Holy Rosary Parish on Esplanade Avenue.

On September 23, 2013, Pope Francis appointed as Bishop of Houma - Thibodaux. The inauguration was followed on 30 October of the same year.

His cousin is the former bishop of Pensacola - Tallahassee, John Huston Ricard.