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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.
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
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Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana on October 21, 1944, with territory of the Diocese of Fort Wayne. [5] The new diocese had 54 parishes and an approximate population of 31,700 Catholics. In 1945, the pope named Reverend John Bennett of Fort Wayne as the first bishop of the new diocese. [5]
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 ...
The diocese had settled nine lawsuits by sexual abuse victims for $4.2 million by 1985. [5] The diocese settled with the victims for more than $20 million in lawsuits involving Gauthe. Gauthe admitted to sexually abusing 37 children [ 7 ] and accepted a plea bargain in which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. [ 8 ]