Glen Provost

Styles of
**Glen John Provost**
Styles of; Glen John Provost
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Edward Kenneth Braxton
Edward Kenneth Braxton
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1975; by Pope Paul VI
Consecration	April 23, 2007; by Alfred Clifton Hughes, Jude Speyrer, and Charles Michael Jarrell
Personal details
Born	August 9, 1949 (age 74); Lafayette, Louisiana, US
Motto	Pro venturis serit; (Sow for those to come)

Glen John Provost (born August 9, 1949) is an American

bishop of the Diocese of Lake Charles in Louisiana since 2007.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Glen Provost was born on August 9, 1949, to Cyrus and Sadie Marie Blanchet Provost in Lafayette, Louisiana. Deciding as a young man to become a priest, Provost entered Saint Joseph Seminary College in Covington, Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Saint Joseph in 1971. ^[2]

After his graduation, Provost traveled to Rome to enter the seminary of the

Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1975.^[2]

Priesthood

Provost was ordained to the

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.^[1]

After Provost's ordination, the diocese assigned him as associate pastor at St. Mary Magdalene in

University of Louisiana-Lafayette (ULL) in Lafayette.^[2] He went to London in 1980 to study Victorian language at the University of London. Provost graduated from ULL in 1981 with a Master of Arts in English Literature.^[2]

After eight years at St. Mary, Provost was named pastor of St. Leo Parish in Roberts Cove, Louisiana. Provost was moved to the St. John Cathedral Parish in 1985, where he would remain as pastor for the next 13 years. In 1987, he was appointed as a judge on the diocesan tribunal and as a member of the Catholic School Board.^[2]

In 1991, Bishop

episcopal vicar and dean of the West Lafayette Deanery.^[2]

Bishop of Lake Charles

Provost was appointed bishop of Lake Charles by

Edward Braxton, was appointed Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, on March 15, 2005.^[1]

In addition to English, Provost speaks French, Italian, and Spanish.[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bishop Glen John Provost [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Our Bishop, The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, M.A., D.D." Diocese of Lake Charles. July 14, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles Official Site

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Edward Kenneth Braxton	Bishop of Lake Charles 2007–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[Hierarchy-1] "Bishop Glen John Provost [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Our Bishop, The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, M.A., D.D." Diocese of Lake Charles. July 14, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles
Ordinaries	Bishops Jude Speyrer Edward Kenneth Braxton Glen Provost
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Lake Charles Parish churches St. Eugene Church, Grand Chenier
Education	High schools St. Louis Catholic High School, Lake Charles
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana
Ordinaries	Bishops Jules Benjamin Jeanmard Maurice Schexnayder Gerard Louis Frey Harry Joseph Flynn Edward Joseph O'Donnell Charles Michael Jarrell J. Douglas Deshotel Priests who became bishops Glen Provost
Churches	Cathedral St. John's Cathedral, Lafayette Monastery Monastery of Mary, Mother of Grace, Lafayette
Education	High schools Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau Catholic High School, New Iberia Hanson Memorial High School, Franklin Notre Dame High School, Crowley Opelousas Catholic School, Opelousas Sacred Heart High School, Ville Platte St. Edmund High School, Eunice Holy Rosary Institute, Lafayette St. Thomas More Catholic High School, Lafayette Teurlings Catholic High School, Lafayette Vermilion Catholic High School, Abbeville Independent school John Paul The Great Academy Former Holy Ghost High School St. Charles College, Grand Coteau
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