There were many challenges to the Church during Noland's episcopacy, some internal, such as revision of The Book of Common Prayer, and some external, such as the war in Vietnam.

Brown chose to remain in the southeast part of the state and maintained his cathedra at Christ Church, New Orleans.

These were challenging years in Louisiana; the decline of the petroleum-based economy, the rapidly changing demographics of the urban centers of the Diocese, and a rise in congregational parochialism were constant hardships.

He established the Diocesan College of Presbyters which continues even now as a means of fellowship, learning, and renewal for the clergy of the Diocese.

The episcopate of the tenth bishop of Louisiana, Charles Edward Jenkins III (1998-2010) came to be overshadowed by the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

On December 5, 2009, the Diocesan Convention elected Morris K. Thompson, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, Kentucky, as 11th Bishop of Louisiana.

[1] His episcopal ordination took place on May 8, 2010 with his seating in Christ Church Cathedral to follow on Ascension Day, Thursday May 13, 2010.