Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
Diocese of Lafayette Dioecesis Lafayettensis Diocèse de Lafayette | |
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Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Civil parishes of St. Landry, Evangeline, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Acadia and Vermilion |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,779 sq mi (14,970 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 121 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | January 11, 1918 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception (Primary) St. John Vianney (Secondary) |
| Secular priests | 190 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | J. Douglas Deshotel |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregory Michael Aymond |
| Bishops emeritus | Charles Michael Jarrell |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| diolaf.org | |
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 its current bishop is J. Douglas Deshotel. Covering St. Landry, Evangeline, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Acadia, and Vermilion parishes with exception to Morgan City of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux), the diocese is divided into four deaneries.