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. The 53-year-old prelate is the first native ...

Pope Leo XIV picks Bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Posted: June 5, 2025 | Last updated: June 6, 2025. The announcement came Thursday morning from Rome, delivered by Archbishop Christophe ...

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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 ...

On June 5, the Vatican announced that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Simon Peter Engurait, pictured on a screenshot from a diocesan video, as the next bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux ...

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana has an estimated 90,000 Catholics, around 38% of the total population of the territory. The diocese has many foreign-born priests.

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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 ...

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 ...

The selection of Bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait’s to head the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux highlights the presence of the tight-knit East African community in the Church in the US.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Rev. Simon Peter Engurait as the new bishop of Houma-Thibodaux. Ugandan-born Rev. Engurait was nominated for the Lumen Christi Award in 2022 for his disaster relief ...