Celebrating 75 Years of Commitment to the Community

Four years later, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, led by Sister Marie Brendan Donegan opened its doors as a subsidiary of St. Francis Hospital on August 1, 1949, and in 1957 it transitioned to a separate corporation.

Throughout Our Lady of Lourdes’ 75-year history, many FMOL Sisters have helped the ministry grow to become the healthcare leader in Acadiana, dedicated to comprehensive care and medical excellence.

After 62 years on the St. Landry campus, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center moved to its current location on Ambassador Caffery Campus on June 25, 2011. In planning for the future, leaders knew renovation was not an option, choosing instead to innovate. Building a hospital from the ground up, for the future of medicine, this investment in our community solidified Our Lady of Lourdes’ commitment to care for Acadiana.

In 2011, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center opened a new, 45-acre, state-of-the-art hospital on Ambassador Caffery Parkway. In 2019, Our Lady of Lourdes acquired Women’s & Children’s Hospital and Heart Hospital of Lafayette to add to our already robust services.

Along with our three hospital campuses, Our Lady of Lourdes Health has more than 70 physician clinics and outpatient centers as well as joint venture relationships in a surgical hospital, an ambulatory surgery center, six urgent care clinics, and post-acute home care organizations. Our Lady of Lourdes is a community trailblazer serving the region as one of the top three employers with more than 2,800 team members.

We stay true to our mission with a school-based medical clinic, congregational health programs at 26 churches and St. Bernadette’s Clinic offering medical and dental care to people experiencing homelessness and people who are underinsured.