Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana

Diocese of Lafayette Dioecesis Lafayettensis Diocèse de Lafayette
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Coat of arms
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Civil parishes of St. Landry, Evangeline, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Acadia and Vermilion
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of New Orleans
Statistics
Area	5,779 sq mi (14,970 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 629,000 330,000 (52.5%)
Parishes	121
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 11, 1918
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception (Primary) St. John Vianney (Secondary)[1]
Secular priests	190
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	J. Douglas Deshotel
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gregory Michael Aymond
Bishops emeritus	Charles Michael Jarrell
Map
Website
diolaf.org

The Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana (Latin: Dioecesis Lafayettensis, French: Diocèse de Lafayette en Louisiane) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The diocese was erected by the Vatican in 1918, and its current bishop is J. Douglas Deshotel. Covering St. Landry, Evangeline, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Acadia, and Vermilion parishes with exception to Morgan City of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux), the diocese is divided into four deaneries.