Shelton Fabre

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Shelton Joseph Fabre
Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux
Archdiocese	New Orleans
Diocese	Houma–Thibodaux
Appointed	September 23, 2013
Installed	October 30, 2013
Predecessor	Sam Jacobs
Orders
Ordination	August 5, 1989 by Stanley Joseph Ott
Consecration	February 28, 2007 by Alfred Clifton Hughes, John Ricard, and Robert William Muench
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-25) October 25, 1963 New Roads, Louisiana
Motto	COMFORT MY PEOPLE

Styles of Shelton Joseph Fabre

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Shelton Joseph Fabre is the bishop the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in the state of Louisiana in the United States of America. He is a native of Louisiana, having been born in New Roads on 25 October 1963.^[1] Bishop Fabre is the second-youngest Catholic bishop in the United States.

Education

Fabre attended local schools in New Roads for both primary and secondary school, graduating as valedictorian of Catholic High of Pointe Coupée in 1981. Subsequently, he entered Saint Joseph Seminary College in St. Benedict, Louisiana. After completing his college studies there, he was sent abroad to The American College of Louvain, where he received additional priestly formation while studying at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from that university as well as a Doctorate of Divinity.^[2]

Priest of Baton Rouge

He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1989 by Bishop Stanley Joseph Ott, for the diocese of Baton Rouge. Subsequently, he served in a variety of capacities within the diocese, including as pastor of the parishes of St. Joseph in Grosse Tete, Immaculate Heart of Mary in Maringouin and Sacred Heart of Jesus in Baton Rouge. He also served as parochial vicar of the parishes of St. George in Baton Rouge, St. Alphonsus Liguori in Greenwell Springs, St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge, and St. Isidore the Farmer in Baker.^[2]

Fabre was elected to serve on the diocesan Clergy Personnel Board and served as chair of the Pastoral Planning Committee of the diocese. He at various times took on the roles of chaplain to St. Joseph's Academy, head of the diocesan Office of Black Catholics, Dean of the Northwest Deanery. He also served as a member of the College of Consultors, the Presbyteral Council, and the Diocesan School Board.^[2] He served as a Defender of the Bond within the Diocesan Tribunal.

Episcopal career

On 13 December 2006, Fabre was appointed Titular Bishop of Pudentiana and auxiliary bishop of New Orleans by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated as bishop on 28 February 2007 in New Orleans.^[1] In the Archdiocese of New Orleans he served as Vicar General and as Moderator of the Curia.

On September 23, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Fabre as the new bishop to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana. He was installed during a Mass at his Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales on October 30, 2013. As bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, he leads 125,000 registered Catholics, 39 churches and a number of chapels, missions, and communities.^[3]

References

1 2 "Bishop Shelton Joseph Fabre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
1 2 3 "Special Report". National Black Catholic Congress. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
↑ Fabre, Shelton. "Pope names new bishop for Houma-Thibodaux". The Houma Courier. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Sam Jacobs	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux 2013—Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans 2006–2013	Succeeded by –

Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux

Ordinaries	Bishops Warren Louis Boudreaux Charles Michael Jarrell Sam Jacobs Shelton Fabre

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, Houma Co-Cathedral St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux Parish churches:

Education	Central Catholic High School, Morgan City Edward Douglas White Catholic High School, Thibodaux Vandebilt Catholic High School, Houma

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Archdiocese of New Orleans

Ordinaries	Bishops Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas Francisco Porró y Reinado Louis-Guillaume Dubourg Joseph Rosati Leo-Raymond de Neckere Archbishops Antoine Blanc Jean-Marie Odin Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick Cody Philip Matthew Hannan Francis Bible Schulte Alfred Clifton Hughes Gregory Michael Aymond Auxiliary bishops Gustave Augustin Rouxel John Laval Louis Abel Caillouet Harold Perry, S.V.D. Stanley Joseph Ott Robert William Muench Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. Gregory Michael Aymond Roger Paul Morin Shelton Joseph Fabre Fernand J. Cheri, O.F.M.

Churches	Cathedral St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans Orleans Parish Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Augustine Church St. Mary's Assumption St. Patrick's

Schools	Higher education Loyola Our Lady of Holy Cross Xavier Notre Dame Seminary Saint Joseph Seminary College High schools Academy of Our Lady Academy of the Sacred Heart (K-12) Archbishop Chapelle High School Archbishop Hannan High School Archbishop Rummel High School Archbishop Shaw High School Brother Martin High School Cabrini High School De La Salle High School Holy Cross High School Holy Rosary High School Jesuit High School Mount Carmel Academy Pope John Paul II St. Charles Catholic High School St. Augustine High School Saint Mary's Academy St. Mary's Dominican High School St. Paul's School St. Scholastica Academy Ursuline Academy Xavier University Preparatory School

Miscellany	Newspaper Clarion Herald Sports league New Orleans Catholic League

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