Warren Louis Boudreaux

Warren Louis Boudreaux (January 25, 1918 – October 6, 1997) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana from 1977 to 1992

Boudreaux previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont in Texas from 1971 to 1977 and as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana from 1962 to 1971.

Biography

Early life Warren Boudreaux was born on January 25, 1918, in Berwick, Louisiana, to Alphonse Louis and Loretta Marie (née Senac) Boudreaux, both of Acadian ancestry. After graduating from Berwick Junior High School, he entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Saint Benedict, Louisiana. Boudreaux then attended Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. He was later sent to Paris to study at the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice. After his ordination, Boudreaux was assigned as a curate at St. Michael's Parish in Crowley, Louisiana. In 1943, the diocese sent him to Washington D.C. to attend the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., earning a Doctor of Canon Law degree in 1946.

Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux Boudreaux was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux on March 2, 1977, by Paul VI.

Boudreaux's resignation as bishop of Houma-Thibodaux was accepted by Pope John Paul II on December 29, 1992. In 1995, Boudreaux published his autobiography, Memories of a Cajun Bishop. Warren Boudreaux died in Thibodaux, Louisiana, from heart failure on October 6, 1997, at age 79.