Diocesan News

SCHRIEVER, LA- After four years and four months of extensive renovation, St. Charles Borromeo Church, located at 1985 Highway 308 in Thibodaux, reopened its doors on Sunday at 10 a.m. with a Mass, church blessing, and altar dedication by Bishop Simon Peter Engurait.

Bishop Simon Peter Engurait has appointed Very Reverend André Melancon as the Vicar General and Reverend Mitch Semar as pastor at St. Bridget Catholic Church.

More than 2,000 lay faithful, clergy and religious from around the world gathered on Friday, September 5 as the Very Reverend Simon Peter Engurait was ordained and installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.

SCHRIEVER, LA- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. The announcement was made this morning in Rome and Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.

On Saturday, May 31, Holy Family Catholic Church in Dulac located at 6641 Grand Caillou Road in Dulac reopened its doors following nearly four years of recovery after Hurricane Ida.

Our Lady of the Isle Catholic Church in Grand Isle, Louisiana has reopened following 90 weeks of renovation following Hurricane Ida.