Catholic news website says Bishop Fabre will lead Louisville Archdiocese

Bishop Shelton Fabre of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux will be named archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, a Catholic news website and newsletter reported Monday.

Neither the Houma-Thibodaux Diocese nor the Louisville Archdiocese website contains any announcement of Fabre's appointment. The website, the relatively new Substack product The Pillar, cites unnamed church officials in Rome and at the archdiocese as sources.

The Houma Courier reported Monday that Fabre has called a press conference for Tuesday.

Fabre has been the bishop of the Houma-Thibodaux Diocese, which extends into eastern St. Mary Parish, for eight years. Fabre, 58, was ordained in 1989 in Baton Rouge He has served as auxiliary bishop in New Orleans.

The Pillar said Fabre also chairs the U.S. bishops’ ad hoc committee against racism. The Pillar described Fabre as "a leading voice among the bishops in acknowledging and combating the problem of racism in American society."

Fabre would succeed Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, who resigned in August as he turned 75. Kurtz was appointed archbishop in 2007.

Kurtz is a former president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

New associate
pastor at Holy Cross

The Rev. Francis Kayaye, who has been serving as associate pastor at St. Bernadette in Houma, became the associate pastor of Holy Cross Church in Morgan City on Monday. He was appointed to the post in January.

The Rev.. Brett Lapeyrouse, who has been serving as associate pastor in Morgan City, will become the associate pastor at St. Bernadette in Houma.