Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport
Diocese of Shreveport Dioecesis Sreveportuensis in Louisiana | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 16 parishes of Louisiana |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,825 km2 (11,129 sq mi) |
Population - Catholics (including non-members) | 39,436 (5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | June 16, 1986 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception[citation needed] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francis I. Malone |
Map | |
Website | |
dioshpt.org |
The Diocese of Shreveport (Latin: Dioecesis Sreveportuensis in Louisiana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church covering the parishes of northern Louisiana. The largest cities in the diocese are Shreveport, Monroe, Bossier City and Ruston.
It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans. Its bishop is part of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and belongs to Conference Region V (which includes the diocese of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee).[1] Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans, in Shreveport.
The territory of the diocese covers an area of 28,825 square kilometres (11,129 sq mi).[1] The total population was 784,665, out of which 39,436 (5 percent of the total population) were Catholic, served by 42 diocesan priests in 32 parishes, in 2004.[1] In 2010, the diocese had eight seminarians preparing for ordination to the priesthood.[2]
History[]
Pope John Paul II erected the Diocese of Shreveport on 16 June 1986, taking its present territory from the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport and simultaneously changing the title of the mother diocese back to Diocese of Alexandria, thus effectively splitting the mother diocese into two. The pope designated the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans in Shreveport, until then the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport, as the cathedral church of the new diocese.
Sexual abuse[]
On July 19, 2020, it became public that the Diocese of Shreveport is a respondent in a lawsuit in which a male plaintiff said that the diocese had shielded a priest who sexually abused him in the 1970s.[3]
Bishops[]
The list of ordinaries of the diocese and their years of service:
- William Benedict Friend (1986–2006)
- Michael Duca (2008–2018) became Bishop of Baton Rouge
- Francis Ignatius Malone (2020–present)
Coat of Arms[]
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High schools[]
- Loyola College Prep, Shreveport
- St. Frederick Catholic High School, Monroe
Media[]
The diocese publishes a monthly magazine, The Catholic Connection.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Cheney, David M. (26 Oct 2008). "Diocese of Shreveport". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "Seminarians". Diocese of Shreveport. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ Enflinger, Emily (July 19, 2020). "Lawsuit against Diocese of Shreveport claims priest sexually abused boy in the '70s". Shreveport Times. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Schnurr, Dennis Marion (July 2019). "Seek the Lord". The Catholic Telegraph. Vol. 188, no. 7. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati. p. 2.
External links[]
Coordinates: 32°28′05″N 93°55′16″W / 32.46806°N 93.92111°W
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- Christian organizations established in 1986
- Culture of Shreveport, Louisiana
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