Diocesan Director: Rev. Sinclair Oubre, J.C.L.
C/O PACE 4-23 Building
1500 Jefferson Drive
Port Arthur, Texas 77642-0646
(409) 982-5 11 1
Fax: (409) 985-5945
Cell: (409) 749-0 17 1
E-mail: aos-beaumont@dioceseofbmt.org

Services: Apostleship of the Sea is the Catholic ministry to "the people of the sea." Each year, more than 2,100 deep sea vessels enter the ports within our diocese carrying 46,000 mariners, most of whom are Catholic. Apostleship of the Sea also ministers to those who man the more than 300 shrimp boats that sail the Gulf of Mexico. Recognized in 1922 by Pope Pius XI, the Apostleship of the Sea has spread from its beginning in the North Sea to all the oceans of the world. In the Diocese of Beaumont, this Ministry works in the diocese's three major maritime deep sea ports - Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange. In Beaumont and Port Arthur, Catholic maritime ministry is carried on in an ecumenical spirit through the Beaumont International Seafarers Center and the Port Arthur International Seafarers Center. Orange is serviced as an extension of the Port Arthur Seafarers Center and the outreach of Catholics in Orange.