Shelton Fabre, a Louisiana native and former bishop for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, has taken over as Archdiocese of Louisville's archbishop.

The Rev. Shelton Fabre, 58, who has been a vocal supporter of anti-racism efforts on the national stage, will be Louisville's fifth archbishop and the first who is African American.

Rev. Shelton Fabre: Vatican names new Louisville archbishop, who has history of fighting 'grave sin of racism' My mother, Theresa Vallet Fabre, was a schoolteacher who had a faith that sweetened ...

Fabre, 58, is the fifth archbishop in Louisville history and the first who is Black. The Louisville diocese, with about 200,000 parishioners, has a Catholic population over twice the size of Houma ...

Contributed Photo / Archbishop of Louisville Shelton Fabre celebrates Mass on Monday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Chattanooga.

Hundreds came to celebrate the installation of the first Black archbishop Shelton Fabre on Wednesday. Fabre succeeded Joseph Kurtz, who is retiring, as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville ...

Archbishop of Louisville, Shelton Fabre, expressed sadness after violence was inflicted on New Orleans in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.A suspect, in what the FBI calls an act of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Wednesday, a new church leader led Catholic mass in Knoxville for the first time in 14 years — Archbishop Shelton Fabre from Lousiville.

The head of the Archdiocese of Louisville is taking on a new role in the Catholic Church.Pope Francis appointed Shelton Fabre to temporarily run the diocese of Knoxville in Tennessee.He replaces ...

Archbishop Shelton Fabre of the Archdiocese of Louisville said he doesn't personally know his holiness but he's excited for Americans. "A relatively young country, ...

St. Louis, Mo., Apr 11, 2023 / 13:45 pm. Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville asked for prayers for those involved after an Easter Monday shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, which left ...

The Vatican said Tuesday it appointed Shelton Fabre, Archbishop of Louisville, to serve as the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese in the interim. Bishop Richard F. Stika, ...