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West Deanery

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- VERY REV. BRENT SMITH, VF
  
  Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Rayne
  Vicar Forane, West Deanery
  
  337-334-2193
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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, Evangelive, 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.

Church Parishes of the West Deanery

Below is a listing of all church parishes located within the Diocese of Lafayette's West Deanery. For additional location and/or contact information, please refer to the diocesan website's Parish Finder or the Parish Listings section of the Diocesan Directory.

Assumption of the BVM Parish Mire	Immaculate Conception Parish Morse	Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Crowley
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Erath	Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Leroy	Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Kaplan
Our Lady of the Lake Parish Delcambre	Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish Church Point	Our Mother of Mercy Parish Church Point
Our Mother of Mercy Parish Rayne	Sacred Heart Mission Pecan Island	St. Aloysius Mission Midland
St. Alphonsus Parish Maurice	St. Anne Parish Cow Island	St. Benedict the Moor Parish Duson
St. David Mission Mulvey	St. Edmund Mission Roberts Cove	St. Edward Parish Richard
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Mission Kaplan	St. James Mission Esther	St. John Mission Church Point/Lewisburg
St. John the Baptist Parish Lyons Point	St. John the Evangelist Parish Mermentau	St. John Parish Erath/Henry
St. Joseph Parish Evangeline	St. Joseph Parish Iota	St. Joseph Parish Rayne
St. Joseph Parish Maurice	St. Jules Mission Petit Mamou	St. Lawrence Parish Mowata/Eunice
St. Leo the IV Roberts Cove	St. Margaret Mission Estherwood	St. Martin de Porres Parish Delcambre
St. Mary Magdalen Parish Abbeville	St. Michael Mission Egan	St. Michael the Archangel Parish Crowley
St. Peter the Apostle Parish Gueydan	St. Theresa of Avila Crowley	St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish Abbeville
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish Duson	St. Thomas Mission Savoy

Resources for the West Region
- Grief Support Group (St. Michael Parish) Geesey Ferguson Funeral Home, Crowley - On-going Event - For more information call 337-581-6494; 783-8883; 783-3313; 783-7394
- 2013-2014 West Region Confirmation Retreats

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