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The Diocese of Lake Charles (Latin: Dioecesis Lacus Carolini), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in southwestern Louisiana in the United States. It is a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans. The Diocese of Lake Charles includes the civil parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis.
St. Francis de Sales was the first Catholic church in Lake Charles. [2] [3] It was built in 1858 as a mission chapel. The parish was organized in 1869 under the same name and it received its first resident priest at that time. [4] [3] The church was damaged by a hurricane in 1879 and the parish decided to build a new building. The parish was ...
This is a list of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The archdiocese encompasses eight civil parishes in Louisiana: St. Bernard, Jefferson (except Grand Isle) [note 1], Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. As of 2024, the archdiocese has 111 parishes and eight missions ...
Louisiana was formed from French and Spanish colonies, which were both officially Roman Catholic. Local colonial government was based upon parishes , as the local ecclesiastical division. Following the Louisiana Purchase , the territorial legislative council in April 1805 divided the Territory of Orleans (the predecessor of Louisiana state ...
Glen John Provost (born August 9, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Lake Charles in Louisiana since 2007. [ 1 ] Biography
List of Catholic churches in the United States; List of cathedrals in the United States; List of basilicas#North American & Central American Basilicas; Catholic Marian churches; Category:Roman Catholic churches in the United States (including sub-categories for shrines, cathedrals, and former churches) – churches are listed by state ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Norco, Louisiana) St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Destrehan, Louisiana) St. Charles Chapel; St. Elizabeth Catholic Church (Paincourtville, Louisiana) St. Eugene Catholic Church; St. Gabriel Catholic Church (St. Gabriel, Louisiana) St. Genevieve Church; St. Landry Catholic Church
Pages in category "Roman Catholic cathedrals in Louisiana" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .