Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles, is a particular church located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It is a fairly new diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, being founded on January 29, 1980. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
On March 6, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI named Glen John Provost as the new bishop. On April 23, 2007, Bishop Provost was ordained to the episcopate, and formally installed by the Archbishop of New Orleans, Alfred C. Hughes.

Description

The diocese is administered from the city of Lake Charles. The patron saint of the diocese is St. Peter Claver and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception serves as the Episcopal see.
The Diocese comprises five civil parishes: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis.

Mission statement

The mission statement of the Diocese reads as follows:

Bishops

The list of the bishops of the diocese and their years of service:
  1. Jude Speyrer
  2. Edward Kenneth Braxton, appointed Bishop of Belleville
  3. Glen John Provost
Other priest of this diocese who became Bishop:
and Louisiana State Police arrested Mark Broussard, 56, on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Broussard was accused of abusing three boys as young as 8 years old while serving at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church and St. Henry's Catholic Church in Lake Charles, La.
Broussard was eventually charged with 224 counts of abuse which were later consolidated into 10 counts to ease the burden on the victims. Three additional victims declined to pursue charges against Broussard.
At the time of his arrest Broussard's personnel file contained documents indicating the Diocese of Lake Charles knew Broussard had sexual contact with at least four other children but these incidents were never reported to law enforcement.
Broussard later served as pastor of St. Eugene Catholic Church in Grand Chenier where he resigned from the priesthood in 1994.

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