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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Houma–Thibodaux
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux ( la, Dioecesis Humensis–Thibodensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southeastern Louisiana. It comprises Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, the eastern part of St. Mary Parish including Morgan City, and Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish. Although a small diocese in terms of area (around 3,500 square miles), it has a large Catholic population, with approximately 126,000 Catholics out of a total population of 202,000 within the parish boundaries. The diocese includes part of Cajun Louisiana. History Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux as a diocese with two sees on June 5, 1977, taking its present territory from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans and making it a suffragan of the same metropolitan see. The decree of erection designated the Church of St. Francis de Sales in Houma as the cathedral St. Joseph Church in Thibodaux as the co-cathedral of the new d ...
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Cathedral Of St
A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicanism, Anglican, and some Lutheranism, Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastery, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. Th ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of New Orleans
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans ( la, Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae, french: Archidiocèse de la Nouvelle-Orléans, es, Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleans) is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church spanning Jefferson (except Grand Isle), Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington civil parishes of southeastern Louisiana. It is the second to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in age among the present dioceses in the United States, having been elevated to the rank of diocese on April 25, 1793, during Spanish colonial rule. Its patron saints are the virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor and St. Louis, King of France, and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is its mother church with St. Patrick's Church serving as a pro-cathedral. The archdiocese has 137 church parishes administered by 387 priests (including those belonging to religious institutes), 187 permanent deacons, 84 broth ...
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List Of Roman Catholic Archdioceses
The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches). Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic populations, lack (the need for) ecclesiastical province(s) and hence for large Metropolitan archdioceses and may rather have canonical jurisdictions that are immediately subject to the Holy See – dioceses, ordinariates, apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, territorial prelatures, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures and/or missions ''sui iuris'' (all of which may also exist in countries with one or more archdioceses). Current Latin Church Archdioceses Current Latin in Europe * Albania - Shkodër-Pult, Tirana-Durrës * Austria - Salzburg, Wien * Belarus - Minsk-Mohilev * Belgium - Mechelen-Brussels * Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vrhbosna * Croatia - Đakovo-Osijek, Rijeka, Split-Makarska, Zadar, Zagreb * Czech ...
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List Of The Catholic Dioceses Of The United States
This is the list of the Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites and traditions, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Holy See, Rome. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is not a metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan diocese. The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter was established on January 1, 2012 for former Anglican Church, Anglicans who join the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church in the United States has a total of 196 particular church in the 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands: 32 territorial archdioceses, 144 territorial dioceses, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (serv ...
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Index Of Catholic Church Articles
This is an index of Catholic Church articles. Portals and navigation boxes are at the bottom of the page. For a listing of Catholic Church articles by category, see :Catholic Church (and its various subcategories and pages) at the bottom of the page. Principal articles are: *Catholic Church *Glossary of the Catholic Church *Outline of the Catholic Church *Timeline of the Catholic Church *Index of Vatican City-related articles For various other lists, see "L" (below). A * Abbacy, Territorial *Abbey * Abbey, Territorial *Abbess *Abbot *Abbot nullius *Abbot primate *Abortion *Ad limina visits * Africa, Catholic Church in (various articles) * African pope *Altarage *American Cardinals Dinner *Annulment *Apostolic administrator * Apostolic life, Society of *Apostolic nuncio *Apostolic Penitentiary *Apostolic prefect *Apostolic Signatura, The Supreme Tribunal of the *Apostolic succession *Apostolic vicar *Appointment of Catholic bishops *Archbishop *Archdiocese * Archiepiscopal Se ...
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Houma Today
Houma can refer to: *Houma, Louisiana, city in the United States *Houma, Shanxi, city in China *Houma people, a Native American group *Houma language, a Western Muskogean language *Houma, meaning ''cape'', the name of some capes in Tonga and villages near them such as: **Houma (Tongatapu) **Houma ('Eua) **Houma (Vava'u) See also * The Houmas, an 18th-century plantation in Louisiana, named for the Houma people * Homa (other), which has several different meanings * Huma (other) Huma or HUMA may refer to: Geography * Huma, a village in Samuil Municipality, Razgrad Province, Bulgaria * Huma, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran * Huma County, a county of Daxing'anling Prefecture in Heilongjiang, China * Huma Ri ...
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Vandebilt Catholic High School
Vandebilt Catholic High School is a private diocesan co-educational institution for grades 8-12 located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana and in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. It is located in the unincorporated area of Bayou Cane, near Houma. History Vandebilt was founded by the Marianites of Holy Cross in 1870 as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy (then as St. Francis de Sales Catholic High School from 1879 until 1965, and later Houma Central Catholic High School until 1966) and continued by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. The school primarily serves Catholic students of Terrebonne Parish Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 111,860, and 110,461 in 2019. In 2020, its population declined to 109,58 .... A college preparatory curriculum is offered as the school stresses a religious approach to the education of the whole stu ...
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Edward Douglas White Catholic High School
Edward Douglas White Catholic High School, also known as E. D. White High School, is a private, Roman Catholic junior and senior high school in Thibodaux, Louisiana in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. It is named for Edward Douglass White, ninth Chief Justice of the United States and native of Lafourche Parish. Athletics Edward Douglas White Catholic athletics competes in the LHSAA. Sports offered: *Football *Baseball *Volleyball *Cross Country *Tennis *Track *Soccer *Basketball *Softball *Swimming *Golf *Bowling *Fishing Team Championships Football championships *(2) State Championships: 1968, 1969 Football Football rivals Vandebilt Catholic High School: As the only two Catholic high schools in the Houma-Thibodaux area, the football rivalry between E.D. White and Vandebilt has a long-running history. Oftentimes, the students of both schools will support their respective teams fervently, even if they have no interest in the sport. It is for this reason why E.D. White's riv ...
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Central Catholic High School (Morgan City, Louisiana)
Central Catholic High School is a private, Catholic high school in Morgan City, Louisiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Background Central Catholic was established in 1892 by the Marianites of Holy Cross. Laptops The high school of Central Catholic (along with the 8th grade honors class) are required to purchase laptops. The brand that can be purchased are Acers and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Computers. The principal, Deacon Vic Bonnaffae wants to offer a new way of taking notes and accessing Central Catholic related subjects from the internet. Also, laptops are used to access PlusPortals, a website in which teachers can post student grades and activities on a private calendar only viewable by the students account. Non-school laptops Seventh graders and remedial eighth graders are allowed to bring laptops from home. If the student violates the ''acceptable use policy'', the laptop will not be allowed to be brought to school. Junior high With th ...
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Oscar Azarcon Solis
Oscar Azarcón Solís (born October 13, 1953) is a Philippine-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and current bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City in Utah. Following a 20-month sede vacante, Solís was appointed by Pope Francis on January 10, 2017, and installed on March 7, 2017, after Solís' predecessor, John C. Wester, was appointed as Archbishop of Santa Fe. Solís was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 2003 to 2017. Solís is the first Filipino-American to be consecrated a bishop and the first Asian American to lead a diocese.He speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Tagalog. Biography Early years The son of Antonia Azarcón and Anselmo dela Fuente Solís, Oscar Solís was born in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija in the Philippines on October 13, 1953. He has three sisters and a brother, Ronald Solis, who is a Opus Dei priest in Hong Kong. Oscar Solis attended grade school at San Jose West Central School in San Jose and high sc ...
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Joseph Nunzio Latino
Joseph Nunzio Latino (October 21, 1937 – May 28, 2021) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Jackson in Mississippi from 2003 to 2013. Early life and career Joseph Latino was born on October 21, 1937, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended St. Joseph Seminary College in Covington, Louisiana, and Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Latino was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by then Archbishop John Cody on May 25, 1963. After his ordination, Latino served as an associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma, Louisiana. He was assigned to St. John Prep Seminary in New Orleans as a teacher and spiritual director, serving there from 1968 to 1969. From 1969 to 1971, Latino was assigned to St. Philip the Apostle Parish in the Desire Project in New Orleans. He served as pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Houma, Louisiana (1972–1987), at which time he was appointed re ...
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Shelton Fabre
Shelton Joseph Fabre is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Louisville since March 30, 2022. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux from 2013 to 2022 and was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 2007 to 2013. Early life and education Fabre was born in New Roads, Louisiana, on October 25 1963. He attended primary and secondary schools in New Roads, graduating in 1981 as valedictorian of Catholic High School of Pointe Coupée. He then entered Saint Joseph Seminary College in St. Benedict, Louisiana, graduating with a bachelor's degree in history in 1985. Fabre then continued his formation at the American College of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, while studying at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He earned a Bachelor of Religious Studies degree in 1987 and a Master of Religious Studies degree in 1989. Fabre was ordained a deacon on December 10, 1988 by Archbishop Peter Gerety at the Sint Jan-de-Doper ...
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