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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 (age 53)
New Roads, Louisiana
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
Motto COMFORT MY PEOPLE
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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. Bishop Fabre is the second-youngest Catholic bishop in the United States.

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.

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.


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