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I, The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, hereby announce the following pastoral assignments for the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana:

LAKE CHARLES -- Bishop Glen John Provost visited Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Arthur Thursday morning and offered prayers of thanksigiving with Father Jay Alexius, pastor, and some 40 people in the church. Father Alexius had sent out word that the Bishop would be there to offer prayers.

On September 1, 2015, His Holiness, Pope Francis announced that all priests during the Year of Mercy would have the faculty to forgive the sin of abortion. At the conclusion of the Year of Mercy on the Feast of Christ the King, November 20, 2016, Pope Francis announced that all of the priests of the world would retain this faculty indefinitely. The Diocese of Lake Charles wants to assure the Christian faithful that all priests serving in the Diocese of Lake Charles have had for many years the faculty to forgive the sin of abortion and to lift the canonical penalty if incurred. It is common practice in the United States for Ordinaries to grant this faculty.

Bishop Glen John Provost has appointed the Very Reverend Ruben Buller as Chief Financial Officer for the Diocese of Lake Charles.

By Bishop Glen John Provost

The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, makes the following assignments, effective October 15, 2016.

WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has named Bishop David P. Talley, up until now Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana.

LAKE CHARLES – The situation in a number of communities in the eastern areas of the Diocese of Lake Charles is very serious. Today’s 4 p.m. mandatory evacuation deadline for the Town of Lake Arthur was pushed back 24 hours until Tuesday at 4 p.m., according to authorities, though that it is subject to change.

By Bishop Edward K. Braxton


As a citizen of this country, as a Catholic Priest and Bishop, and as an African-American, I am deeply distressed by the recent violent eruptions of the racial divide in the United States.

JENNINGS -- Our Lady Immaculate Catholic School is closed today as are all Jefferson Davis Parish public schools. Our Lady Immaculate will reopen Tuesday as are public schools in the communities of Elton, Fenton, Hathaway, Jennings, and Lacassine. Public schools in the Jefferson Davis Parish communities of Lake Arthur, Roanoke and Welsh will remain closed on Tuesday.