SCHRIEVER — A priest who served as the administrator of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux following last year's death of Bishop Mario Dorsonville has been named to replace him.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday named the Rev. Simon Peter Engurait, 53, as the diocese's sixth bishop.

Engurait is the third U.S. bishop appointed by Leo XIV, following the naming of new bishops for San Diego and Pittsburgh. Cardinals elected Leo as the first U.S.-born pope last month.

Engurait, a Uganda native, attended seminaries in his youth and had a career in public service before studying for the priesthood. He was ordained 12 years ago.

“I did not expect this — I am humbled beyond words that the Holy Father has chosen me, not from outside, but from among the ranks of the priests of this beloved diocese,” the bisho

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