Diocese of Shreveport, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shreveport / Sreveportuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New Orleans

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tyler (←), Little Rock (↑), Jackson (→), Alexandria (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 17

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1986.06.16: Established as Diocese of Shreveport / Sreveportuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Alexandria–Shreveport and became suffragan of New Orleans)

Contact Info

Address: 3500 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104-4108, USA

Phone: +1 (318) 222-2006

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2026.09.15 – ...):	Bishop Robert William Marshall (67) Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shreveport (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert William Marshall (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.09.15 – ...)

Bishop Francis Ignatius Malone (76)
(2019.11.19 – 2026.09.15)

Bishop emeritus of Shreveport (USA)

Calicem salutaris accipiam

Born:	1950.09.01 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1977.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.01.28

Priest of Little Rock (USA) (1977.05.21 – 2019.11.19)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.05.21 – 2010.01.25)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (2010.01.25 – 2019.11.19)

Bishop of Shreveport (USA) (2019.11.19 – 2026.09.15)

Bishop Michael Gerard Duca (74)
(2008.04.01 – 2018.06.26)

Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA)

Hope in the Lord

Born:	1952.06.05 (Dallas, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.19

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1978.04.29 – 2008.04.01)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2004.08.30 – 2008.04.01)

Bishop of Shreveport (USA) (2008.04.01 – 2018.06.26)

Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA) (2018.06.26 – ...)

Bishop William Benedict Friend
(1986.06.16 – 2006.12.20)

Live in the spirit

Born:	1931.10.22 (Miami, FL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.10.30
Died:	2015.04.02 (Coral Springs, FL, USA † 83)

Priest of Mobile (USA) (1959.05.07 – 1979.08.31)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1975.11.29 – 1979.08.31)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1979.08.31 – 1982.11.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA) (1979.08.31 – 1982.11.17)

Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA) (1982.11.17 – 1986.06.16)

Bishop of Shreveport (USA) (1986.06.16 – 2006.12.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria (USA) (2003.10.10 – 2004.11.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (37)

Tyler (←), Little Rock (↑), Jackson (→), Alexandria (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,837 km²

Population: 42,500 Catholics (4.8% of 886,376 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 42 priests (28 diocesan, 14 religious), 31 deacons, 34 religious (15 brothers, 19 sisters), 5 seminarians