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Archdiocesan Statistics 2025
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Created as a diocese on April 25, 1793 and as an archdiocese on July 19, 1850, the Archdiocese of New Orleans consists of 4,208 square miles including the eight civil parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany and Washington. The total population of the area is estimated to be 1.2 million people with an estimated total Catholic population of over 505,000.
Clergy in the Archdiocese of New OrleansArchdiocesan priests 199 Religious priests 91 Total Priests 290 Permanent Deacons 205 Seminarians 23 Religious in the Archdiocese of New Orleans Brothers 55 Sisters 263 Parishes 104 Missions 4 Campus Ministry Centers 2 Institutions of Higher Learning Seminaries, archdiocesan 2 Seminaries, religious 1 Colleges and Universities 3 Student population 8,829 Catholic Schools Catholic elementary schools
Catholic high schools43
22Catholic elementary schools students 19,490 Catholic high school students 12,353