Information and Announcements About The Diocese
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES — In celebration of National Catholic Schools Week, held Jan. 31-Feb. 6, Bishop Glen John Provost celebrated two special Masses in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Read more: Bishop Celebrates Masses for Catholic Schools Week
Makeup of current parish deanery groupings is changed.
February 1, 2021
Following the devastation to St. Louis Catholic High School from Hurricane Laura, a task force was assembled to study the requisites of rebuilding a modern high school in the Southwest Louisiana area.
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Diocese of Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES — The connection St. Francis de Sales has to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception dates all the way back to 1858 as the first Catholic church in Lake Charles — first as a mission, then later as a parish in 1869. Now, more than 160 years later, a statue serves as a visible reminder of that connection as the church’s first patron saint.
Read more: Blessing of St. Francis de Sales Statue at Cathedral
Every year, the Diocese of Lake Charles reviews and analyzes the property liability insurance for every school, parish, building and department within its five-parish territory. All structures and entities are combined for insurance coverage for economies of scale, bigger discounts and spreading of risk.
The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, hereby announces the pastoral assignments for the year Two Thousand and Twenty-One for the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana.