Bishop Duca Announces 2026 Permanent Deacon Assignments

In consultation with the Office of the Diaconate, the Office of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate, and the Clergy Personnel Board, Bishop Michael Duca makes the following appointments effective 01 June 2026:

Diaconate Appointments

Deacon Michael Parker, currently deacon assistant at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in St. Amant, is appointed Deacon Assistant at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Baton Rouge.

Diaconate Appointments - (Those Being Ordained 23 May 2026)

Deacon Duane Becnel is appointed as Deacon Assistant at Our Lady of Peace in Vacherie, St. Philip in Vacherie, and St. James in St. James with his assigned Ministry of Charity to provide pastoral care for hospice patients in southern part of the East Central Deanery.

Deacon Todd Pourciau is appointed as Deacon Assistant at St. John the Evangelist in Prairieville with his assigned Ministry of Charity to serve youth at the Sacred Heart Mission at Carville, Louisiana.

Deacon John Ryals is appointed as Deacon Assistant at Holy Ghost in Hammond with his assigned Ministry of Charity to support the diocesan office of Marriage and Family Life.

Congratulations to all these men on their new appointments!

Given at the Chancery of Baton Rouge
Thursday, 16 April 2026 – Thursday of the Second Week of Easter