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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


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