sentences:  On March 13, 1959, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana and Titular Bishop of "Sergentza" by Pope John XXIII.Tracy received his episcopal consecration on the following May 19 from Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, with Bishops Maurice Schexnayder and Louis Caillouet serving as co-consecrators.He was later named the first Bishop of Baton Rouge on August 10, 1961, being installed as such on the following November 8.