Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Humen(sis)-Thiboden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Houma, Louisiana, United States
The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux serves the bayou region of southeastern Louisiana and was erected in 1977 from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It maintains a cathedral in Houma and a co-cathedral in Thibodaux.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 March 1977
- Latin
- Humen(sis)-Thiboden(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001001611
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 120,691
- Population
- 258,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 46.7%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 2,046
- Extent
- 9,065 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Simon Peter Engurait
- Born
- 4 March 1938
- Birthplace
- Greenwood
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales stands in Houma, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of New Orleans
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New OrleansNew Orleans
- Diocese of AlexandriaAlexandria
- Diocese of Baton RougeBaton Rouge
- Diocese of LafayetteLafayette
- Diocese of Lake CharlesLake Charles
- Diocese of ShreveportShreveport
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.