Organization
Organized through division of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana in 1979, it had (as of 2006) 48 parishes, 11,603 active baptized members, and an Average Sunday Attendance of 4,015. The diocese and its parishes sponsor nine parochial schools and preschools. The Diocese of Western Louisiana is part of Province VII.
There have been four bishops of Western Louisiana:
- Willis R. Henton (1979 – 1988)
- Robert Jefferson Hargrove, Jr. (1989–2001)
- D. Bruce MacPherson (2002 – 2012)
- Jacob W. Owensby, Ph.D. (July 2012 - present)
The diocesan cathedral is St. Mark's, Shreveport; the diocesan offices are in the former parish hall of Mt. Olivet Chapel in Pineville.
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