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THIBODAUX, La. (WAFB) - Many Catholics in Louisiana are mourning the death of Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Bishop Mario Dorsonville. According to a spokesperson with the diocese, the bishop passed ...
Two other Louisiana dioceses were created after Houma-Thibodaux: the Diocese of Lake Charles in 1980 and the Diocese of Shreveport in 1986. The others in Louisiana are Baton Rouge (1961 ...
Fr. Simon Peter Engurait, a Ugandan-born priest, has been named bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, the Louisiana diocese he has led as administrator since 2024.
SCHRIEVER, La. — The Diocese of the Houma-Thibodaux area has a newly appointed bishop.Apostolic Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Christophe Pierre announced Pope Leo XIV’s selection of ...
HOUMA, La. — Pope Leo XIV has named Father Simon Peter Engurait as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. The announcement came Thursday morning from Rome, delivered by Archbishop ...
Pope Leo XIV has appointed The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, the Diocese announced Thursday morning. Engurait, 53, is a native of Uganda and ...
the pope just named the next bishop of the diocese of houma thibodaux. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NEWS BECAME OFFICIAL. EARLIER TODAY, WDSU’S ELIZABETH KUEBEL SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH THE BISHOP ELECT.