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Pope Benedict XV erected the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana on January 11, 1918, with territory taken from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The pope named Monsignor Jules Jeanmard of New Orleans as the first bishop of the new diocese. Jeanmard designated Saint John's Church in Lafayette as the cathedral. [2]
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 ...
On November 8, 2002, John Paul II appointed Jarrell as bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana. He was installed on December 18, 2002 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist . [ 2 ] [ 1 ] In 2015, it was revealed that ten years previously, the diocese had paid a $26 million settlement to the families of 123 children who were sexually abused by ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette may refer to either of two different Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States: Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana
On December 11, 1950, Schexnayder was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette and Titular Bishop of Tuscamia by Pope Pius XII. [3] He received his episcopal consecration on February 22, 1951, from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, with Bishops Jules Jeanmard and Louis Caillouet serving as co-consecrators. [3]
On July 18, 1918, Jeanmard was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette by Pope Benedict XV. [3] He received his episcopal consecration on December 8, 1918, from Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano, with Bishops Theophile Meerschaert and John Laval serving as co-consecrators. [3] He was the first native Louisianan to become a Catholic ...
Owing in part to Spanish and French colonialism and missionary work, Christians have historically affiliated with the Latin Church's Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana was founded in 1918 and its see is the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist. [90]
William Higi was born in Anderson, Indiana, on August 29, 1933. [1] While a high school junior, he became a seminarian for the Diocese of Indianapolis. [2]On May 30, 1959, Higi was ordained into the priesthood by Cardinal John Carberry for the Diocese of Lafayette at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Lafayette, Indiana.