About Bishop Fabre

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- EDUCATION
  
  1989 MA in Religious Studies from the Katholiek Universiteit te Leuven in Louvain, Belgium
  
  1987 BA in Religious Studies from the Katholiek Universiteit te Leuven in Louvain, Belgium
  
  1985 BA in History from St. Joseph Seminary-College in St. Benedict, LA
  
  1981 Graduated from Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee in New Roads, LA
- GETTING TO KNOW HIM
  
  Shelton J. Fabre was born October 25, 1963, in New Roads, LA. He is the fifth of six children.
  
  He was ordained a deacon on December 10, 1988, by Archbishop Peter L. Gerety at St. Jan-de-Doperkerk in Leuven, Belgium.
  
  He was ordained a priest on Saturday, August 5, 1989, by Bishop Stanley J. Ott at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge, LA.
  
  He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Pope Benedict XVI on December 13, 2006.
  
  He was ordained an auxiliary bishop of New Orleans by Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, in New Orleans, LA, on February 28, 2007.
  
  He was appointed bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, September 23, 2013.
  
  He was installed bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, Houma, LA, October 30, 2013.
- OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
  
  June 2013 - Present: Member, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church
  
  June 2013 - Present: Chair, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Subcommittee for African-American Catholics
  
  2010 – 2013: Member, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Subcommittee for African-American Catholics
  
  2007 – 2011: Member, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee for the American College of Louvain
  
  2006: FBI Baton Rouge Citizens Academy Graduate
  
  2005: Inducted as a Member of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher
  
  2004 - 2007: Advisory Board Member for Catholic Community Services of the Diocese of Baton Rouge
  
  2001 -2004: Board Member of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
  
  4th Degree Knight of St. Peter Claver
  
  4th Degree Knight of Columbus

MINISTERIAL ASSIGNMENTS

Sept 2013 - Present	Bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Mar 2009 – Oct 2013	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Vicar General, Moderator of the Curia
Feb 2007 – Mar 2009	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Vicar General
	Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church, New Orleans, LA
Jul 2004 – Feb 2007	Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Baton Rouge, LA
2003 - 2007	Chairman of Pastoral Planning Committee, Diocese of Baton Rouge
2002 - 2003	Dean of the Northwest Deanery, Diocese of Baton Rouge
2000 - 2007	Clergy Personnel Board, Diocese of Baton Rouge
1999 - 2005	Diocesan School Board, Diocese of Baton Rouge
1999 - 2004	College of Consultors, Diocese of Baton Rouge
1996 - 2004	Priest Council, Diocese of Baton Rouge
1996 - 2004	Pastor of St. Joseph Church in Grosse Tete, LA
	Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Maringouin, LA
1994 - 2007	Defender of the Bond for the Marriage Tribunal, Diocese of Baton Rouge
1990 - 2005	Director of the Office of Black Catholics, Diocese of Baton Rouge
Jul 1995 – Jan 1996	Associate Pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge
1994 -1995	Associate Pastor of St. Isidore the Farmer Church in Baker, LA
Aug 1994 – Dec 1994	Catholic Chaplain to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
1992 – 1994	Associate Pastor of St. George Church in Baton Rouge
1989 – 1992	Associate Pastor of St. Alphonsus Liguori Church in Greenwell Springs, LA