Dominic Carmon

American Roman Catholic prelate (1930–2018)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Dominic Carmon SVD
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans Titular Bishop of Rusicade
Archdiocese	New Orleans
Appointed	December 16, 1992
Installed	February 11, 1993
Term ended	December 13, 2006
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Rusicade
Orders
Ordination	February 2, 1960
Consecration	February 11, 1993 by Francis B. Schulte, Wilton Daniel Gregory, and Harry Joseph Flynn
Personal details
Born	(1930-12-13)December 13, 1930 Opelousas, Louisiana
Died	November 11, 2018(2018-11-11) (aged 87)

Styles of Dominic Carmon

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. (December 13, 1930 – November 11, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1993 to 2006.

Biography

The eldest of seven sons, Carmon was born in Opelousas, Louisiana. He studied at the seminary of the Society of the Divine Word in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and at Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa. He joined the Society of the Divine Word in 1946, and was ordained to the priesthood on February 2, 1960. He served as a missionary to Papua New Guinea from 1961 to 1968. He was pastor of St. Elizabeth's Church (1968–1985) and of Our Lady of the Gardens Church (1985–1988), both in Chicago, Illinois, before serving as pastor of Holy Ghost Church in his native Opelousas, the largest Black Catholic church in the country.

On December 16, 1992, Carmon was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans and Titular Bishop of Rusicade by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on February 11, 1993, from Archbishop Francis Schulte, with Bishops Wilton Gregory and Harry Flynn serving as co-consecrators.

After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Carmon resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans on December 13, 2006. He died on November 11, 2018, at the age of 87.^[1]

References

^ "Dominic Carmon, retired N.O. Auxiliary bishop, dies at 87".

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans Official Site
National Black Catholic Congress bio of Dominic Carmon
National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus bio of Dominic Carmon

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans 1993–2006	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

Ordinaries

Bishops: Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas; Francisco Porró y Reinado; Louis-Guillaume DuBourg; Joseph Rosati; Leo-Raymond de Neckere

Archbishops: Antoine Blanc; Jean-Marie Odin; Napoléon-Joseph Perché; Francis Xavier Leray; Francis Janssens; Placide Louis Chapelle; James Hubert Blenk; John William Shaw; Joseph Francis Rummel; John Patrick Cody; Philip Matthew Hannan; Francis Bible Schulte; Alfred Clifton Hughes; Gregory Michael Aymond

Auxiliary bishops: Gustave Augustin Rouxel; John Laval; Louis Abel Caillouet; Harold Perry, S.V.D.; Stanley Joseph Ott; Robert William Muench; Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.; Gregory Michael Aymond; Roger Paul Morin; Shelton Joseph Fabre; Fernand J. Cheri, O.F.M.

Churches

Cathedral: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans

Orleans Parish: Immaculate Conception; Our Lady of Guadalupe; St. Augustine Church; St. Mary's Assumption; St. Patrick's

Schools

Higher education: Loyola; University of Holy Cross; Xavier; Notre Dame Seminary; Saint Joseph Seminary College

High schools: Academy of Our Lady; Academy of the Sacred Heart (K-12); Archbishop Chapelle High School; Archbishop Hannan High School; Archbishop Rummel High School; Archbishop Shaw High School; Brother Martin High School; Cabrini High School; De La Salle High School; Holy Cross High School; Jesuit High School; Mount Carmel Academy; Pope John Paul II; St. Augustine High School; St. Charles Catholic High School; St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School; Saint Mary's Academy; St. Mary's Dominican High School; St. Paul's School; St. Scholastica Academy; St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners; Ursuline Academy