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Friday, April 13, 2018, 6:30 PMPlease join Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel for this special Mass in honor of the 100th anniversary of the establisment of the Diocese of Lafayette.
The Hispanic, Vietnamese and St. Mary Magdalen Choirs will perform at 6 p.m. with Mass to begin at 6:30 p.m. A reception will follow immediately afterwards in the Ministries Building, hosted by the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters. All are invited, please join us!
A special invitation to attend is extended to all Catholics living in the civil parishes of Acadia and Vermilion.
Live stream access of the Mass will be available by visiting our Diocesan website, www.diolaf.org, for those who are unable to attend in person.
This date commemorates the April 13, 1918 Decree given by Apostolic Delegate to sub-delegate, Jules B. Jeanmard, Administrator of the Diocese of New Orleans, to carry out the announcement of the Decree or Erection of the Diocese of Lafayette.The West Deanery of the Diocese of Lafayette consists of all church parishes in the Acadia Civil Parish and the Vermilion Civil Parish. There are 30 church parishes in the West Deanery, and 11 mission chapels.
The churches, including parishes and missions, are located in Abbeville, Church Point, Cow Island, Crowley, Delcambre, Duson, Erath, Evangeline, Gueydan, Henry, Iota, Kaplan, Leroy, Lyons Point, Maurice, Mermentau, Mire, Morse, Mowata, Rayne, Richard, Roberts Cove, Branch, Egan, Esther, Estherwood, Haire, Lewisburg, Midland, Pecan Island, Petit Mamou and Savoy.
The geography of the West Deanery covers approximately 1,968 square miles and has a Catholic population estimated at 65,184 individuals.All priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful are invited to attend.