J. Douglas Deshotel

John Douglas Deshotel (born January 6, 1952) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana since 2016.

Deciding as a teenager to become a priest, John Deshotel entered Immaculata Minor Seminary High School in Lafayette, Louisiana.

[1] Deshotel was ordained a priest at Saint Augustine Church in Basile by Bishop Maurice Schexnayder on May 13, 1978, for the Diocese of Dallas.

Deshotel was consecrated by Bishop Kevin Farrell at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dallas on April 27, 2010.

[4][1][3] In July 2022, Deshotel released a list of 41 diocesan clergy with credible accusations of sexual abuse of minors and adults.