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Most Reverend Dominic Carmon, SVD
Titular Bishop of Rusicade and
Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans
CURRICULUM VITAE
CHILDHOOD AND BACKGROUND
 Dominic Carmon was born in Opelousas, Louisiana,
December 13, 1930, the oldest of seven children of Aristile and Edna Robert
Carmon. He grew up on a farm in the Gradney Island community about three
miles northwest of Opelousas. He attended Gradney Island Public School and
Andrepont Public School.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- St. Augustine Minor Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi - 1946-1950
- St. Mary's Seminary, Techny, Illinois - 1950-1952 (Novitiate)
- St. Paul Seminary, Epworth, Iowa - 1952-1954 (Junior College)
- St. Augustine Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi - 1954-1960 (Philosophy/Theology)
- DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois - 1960-1061 (Secondary Education certification)
- Divine Word Tertiate, Nemi, Italy - 1968-1969
ORDINATION AND ASSIGNMENTS
Ordained priest in the Society of the Divine Word
at St. Augustine Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Tuesday, February 2,
1960 by Bishop Leo C. Arkfeld, SVD, Bishop of Wewak ("The Flying Bishop")
[later Archbishop of Madang in Papua New Guinea]
- 1960-1961 - Assistant, St. Anselm Church, Chicago, Illinois
- 1961-1965 - Missionary in Diocese of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
- 1969-1984 - Pastor of St. Elizabeth Church, Chicago, Illinois
- 1984-1988 - Pastor of our Lady of the Gardens Church, Chicago, Illinois
- 1988-1992 - Pastor of Holy Ghost Church, Opelousas, Louisiana
- 1993-1997 - Pastor of St. Frances Cabrini Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1997-2006 - Pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Kenner, Louisiana
EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENT AND ORDINATION
- December 16, 1992 - Appointed Titular Bishop of Rusicade and Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans by Pope John Paul II
- February 11, 1993 - ordained bishop in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis King of France by Archbishop Francis B. Schulte with Principal Co-Consecrators, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Chicago and Bishop Harry J. Flynn of Lafayette
BOARDS
- Association of Chicago Priests - 1970-1973
- Chicago Conference on Religion & Race (CCRR) - 1970-1983
- Catholic Television Network of Chicago
- Society for the Propagation of the Faith - Chicago
- Divine Word Communications Board, Techny, IL - 1983-1988
- Catholic Charities of Lafayette - 1991-1992
- Trustees of Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans - 2002-2006
- Pontifical Mission Societies, New Orleans - 2002-2007 (Chairman)
- National Council Knights of Peter Claver - 2002-2004
- Trustees of Xavier University, New Orleans - 2002-2008
COMMITTEES OF THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
- Committee on Evangelization - 1993-1996
- Committee on the Diaconate - 1995-1998
- Committee on African American Catholics - 1999-2002
MEMBERSHIPS
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
- Bishops Friends of the Focolare Movement
- Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
- Knights of Peter Claver
- Knights of Peter Claver Fourth Degree
- Catholic Order of Foresters
- Knights of Columbus
RETIREMENT
As required by Canon Law, I submitted my
resignation from the Office of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New
Orleans to Pope Benedict XVI on my seventy-fifth birthday, December 13, 2005.
Because of his concern for the situation of African Americans in the
Archdiocese after Hurricane Katrina, the Holy Father asked me to continue to
serve until he would appoint a successor to replace me. On my seventy-sixth
birthday (December 13, 2006), His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI accepted my
resignation and at the same time appointed a new Auxiliary Bishop for New
Orleans, the Most Reverend Shelton J. Fabre, a priest of the Diocese of Baton
Rouge.
In retirement, I continue to assist in the
Archdiocese of New Orleans with Confirmations and various other forms of
ministry, including assistance to parishes for weekday and weekend Masses.
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