Dominic Carmon

Styles of
**Dominic Carmon**
Styles of; Dominic Carmon
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Dominic Carmon

SVD
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	December 13, 1930; Opelousas, Louisiana
Died	November 11, 2018 (aged 87)

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]