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Archdiocesan Statistics 2026
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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 196 Religious priests 93 Total Priests 289 Permanent Deacons 217 Seminarians 23 Religious in the Archdiocese of New Orleans Brothers 47 Sisters 152 Parishes 104 Missions 3 Campus Ministry Centers 2 Institutions of Higher Learning Seminaries, archdiocesan 2 Seminaries, religious 1 Colleges and Universities 3 Student population 8,670 Catholic Schools Catholic elementary schools
Catholic high schools43
22Catholic elementary schools students 19,423 Catholic high school students 12,256