The Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southeastern Louisiana. It covers Terrebonne, Lafourche, and the eastern part of St. Mary parishes, Morgan City, and Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish. Although a small diocese in terms of area, it has a large Catholic population, with approximately 126,000 Catholics out of a total population of 202,000. The diocese includes part of Cajun Louisiana.
The Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana, 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. The diocese was erected by the Vatican in 1918, and its current bishop is J. Douglas Deshotel. Covering St. Landry, Evangeline, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Acadia, and Vermilion parishes with exception to Morgan City of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux), the diocese is divided into four deaneries.
The Diocese of Shreveport is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church covering the parishes of northern Louisiana in the United States.
The Diocese of Dallas is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in North Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo in Texas from 1966 to 1969 and as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas from 1969 to 1990.
Charles Victor Grahmann was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas from 1990 to 2007. He also served as bishop of the Diocese of Victoria in Texas from 1982 to 1989 and as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas from 1981 to 1982.
Sam Galip Jacobs is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana from 2003 to 2013. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1989 to 2003.
Edmond Carmody is an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi in Texas, bishop of the Diocese of Tyler in Texas and as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas. While still a priest, Carmody spent five years working as a missionary in Ecuador.
Oscar Azarcón Solís is a Filipino-American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Bishop of Salt Lake City since 2017. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2003 to 2017.
Glen John Provost is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Lake Charles in Louisiana since 2007.
Jules Benjamin Jeanmard, was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana from 1918 to 1956.
Charles Michael Jarrell is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana from 2002 to 2016. Jarrell served as bishop of the Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux in Louisiana from 1993 to 2002.
Maurice Schexnayder was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana from 1956 to 1972.
Mark Joseph Seitz is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of El Paso in Texas since July 9, 2013. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas from 2010 to 2013.
Edward Michael Grosz, is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1990 to 2020.
Joseph Patrick Donahue was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1945 to 1959.
John Gregory Kelly, often referred to as Gregory Kelly or simply Greg Kelly, is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas in Texas since 2016.
David Austin Konderla is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa in Oklahoma on May 13, 2016.
Robert Milner Coerver is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the bishop for the Diocese of Lubbock in Texas since 2016.
Michael Joseph Boulette is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas since 2017.
