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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 on Thursday named Uganda-born Father Simon Peter Engurait, a former business analyst who became a priest at age 41, to lead the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

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 ...