Rev. Dale Anthony Guidry

Assignment Record– Rev. Dale Anthony Guidry

Summary of Case: Dale Anthony Guidry was ordained for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux LA in 1982. He assisted at a Galiano parish for three years, after which his status was "on leave." In 1987 he resurfaced in the Honolulu HI archdiocese, assisting briefly at St. Theresa's Co-Cathedral in Honolulu then, for several years, pastoring a parish in Wahiawa. Guidry left HI in 1991 and settled into work in the Diocese of Amarillo TX. There he lead parishes in Childress, Memphis, Turkey and Dalhart. In 1999, without explanation, the bishop removed Guidry from ministry. He was "absent on leave" thereafter.

In July 2009 Guidry was arrested in Spring TX on charges of online solicitation of a minor. He pleaded guilty in July 2010 and was sentenced to five years in prison. Guidry died in Stockton TX October 20, 2013.

Born: April 6, 1954
Ordained: 1982
Died: October 20, 2013

Start	Stop	Assignments	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1982 Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Bishop was Warren Louis Boudreaux (1977-1992).	1985	St. Joseph's	Galiano	LA	2/2
1985	1987	On Leave
1987 Archdiocese of Honolulu Archbishop was Joseph Anthony Ferrario (1982-1993).	1988	St. Theresa's Co-Cathedral	Honolulu	HI	3/5	St. Theresa's had a school with 688 students.
1988	1991	Our Lady of Sorrows	Wahiawa	HI	1/2	Our Lady of Sorrows had a school with 268-265 students, and a religious education program with 153 students. Guidry is noted in the 1990 Directory to be the Director of Religious Education.
1991 Diocese of Amarillo Bishop was Leroy Theodore Matthiesen (1980-1997).	1995	Holy Angels	Childress	TX	1/1	Holy Angels had a religious education program with 42-81 students.
1991	1993	Sacred Heart	Memphis	TX	1/1	Sacred Heart had a religious education program with 90-54 students.
1991	1993	St. Elizabeth Ann Seton	Turkey	TX		This was a mission of Sacred Heart in Memphis TX.
1995 Matthiesen was succeeded as Amarillo bishop by John Walter Yanta (1997-2008).	1999	St. Anthony's	Dalhart	TX	1/2	St. Anthony's had a school with 69-85 students, and a religious education program noted in the 1996 Directory with 92 students. Guidry was removed from ministry in 1999 by Bishop Yanta, who was not forthcoming about the reason for Guidry's removal.
1999	2008	Absent on Leave	• Guidry was arrested July 30, 2009 in Spring TX, charged with online solicitation of a minor. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in July 2010 to five years in prison.	TX		The 2001 Directory indexes Guidry as Absent on Leave and as at St. St. Joseph's Home for Retired Priests in Panhandle TX. Guidry is not indexed beyond the 2008 Directory. He died October 20, 2013 in Fort Stockton TX.

Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1983-2008).

• A Tale of Two Bishops, By Pamela Schaeffer, National Catholic Reporter, April 2, 1999
• Records from Montgomery County Texas District Court on Guidry, July 15, 2010
• Texas Dept of Criminal Justice Information on Guidry, July 15, 2010
• Statement by Diocese of Amarillo, September 15, 2011
• Geesey-Ferguson Guidry Obit, October 20, 2013

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This assignment record was last updated on December 22, 2016.