LOUISIANA
The Advocate
BILLY GUNN| BGUNN@THEADVOCATE.COM
Feb. 17, 2016
The Diocese of Lafayette announced Wednesday morning that the Most Rev. J. Douglas Deshotel has been appointed as bishop of the diocese, succeeding Bishop Michael Jarrell.
Deshotel is a native of Basile and was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas in 1978. He was ordained as Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas in 2010 and will continue to serve there until his installation as the seventh bishop of Lafayette.
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