The Ugandan-born priest, who immigrated in 2007, has administered the diocese since Bishop Mario Dorsonville died in 2024.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, the ...

The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait, who coordinated disaster aid in the wake of Hurricane Ida, has been announced by Pope Leo XIV as Houma-Thibodaux’s new bishop.

I am humbled beyond words that the Holy Father has chosen me, not from outside, but from among the ranks of the priests of ...

Pope Leo XIV has named Father Simon Peter Engurait as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. The announcement ...

While I am shocked that the Lord has asked me to be a bishop, I must admit that knowing the people of this diocese brings me ...

Pope Leo IV has appointed Msgr Simon Peter Engurait, a Uganda-born priest, as the new bishop of the Diocese of ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Simon Peter ...

Apostolic Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Christophe Pierre announced Pope Leo XIV’s selection of Father Simon Peter Engurait as the area’s sixth bishop on Thursday morning, June 5 ...

Father Simon-Peter Engurait has been chosen as diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana following the unexpected death last week of Bishop Mario Dorsonville.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday named Uganda-born Father Simon Peter Engurait, a former business analyst who became a priest at age 41, to lead the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana.