Charles Michael Jarrell

Charles Michael Jarrell (May 15, 1940) is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana from 2002 to 2016. Jarrell served as bishop of Houma–Thibodaux in Louisiana from 1993 to 2002.

Biography

Early life Michael Jarrell was born on May 15, 1940, in Opelousas, Louisiana to William Jarrell Sr. and Jessie Rosa Barnett Jarrell. He attended public schools in Opelousas, then entered the Immaculata Minor Seminary in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1960, Jarrell enrolled in Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., earning a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy degree in 1962 and a Master of Philosophy degree in 1963. Jarrell was ordained to the subdiaconate and then the diaconate in June 1966 by Auxiliary Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux.

Priesthood On June 3, 1967, Jarrell was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana by Bishop Maurice Schexnayder at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in Lafayette.

Retirement On February 18, 2016, Pope Francis accepted Jarrell's letter of resignation as bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana and appointed Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel to succeed him.