Deacon Adam Conque

                
Deacon Adam Conque

Deacon Conque was appointed to serve as a Deacon at St. Martin de Tours in June 2021. He is a native of Carencro and after graduating from Teurlings Catholic High School, he attended the University of Lafayette where he studied Secondary Education in Math.  While at UL, he was active at Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Student Center where he met his wife Marianne Stelly. They were married on May 26, 2007 and are the parents of nine children: Thomas, Mary, John, Bernadette, Anne, Joseph, Elizabeth, Paul, and Stephen. In 2008, he transferred studies in Theology through the Aquinas Institute in Lafayette, then the Catholic Distance University, and in 2018, received an MA in Theology from the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans. Deacon Conque was ordained on May 23, 2020 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and has worked for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and served St. Edmond Church in the Diocese of Lafayette. He also served as the President of the Board of Trustees & Director of Apostolate at John Paul the Great Academy in  Lafayette.  Deacon Conque is the Director of Evangelization at St. Martin de Tours and also works as Associate Director of Catholic Radio for Acadiana, and Adjunct Instructor of the Aquinas Institute of Theology in the Diocese of Lafayette.      Deacon Conque and his family are residents of St. Martinville.