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 Orleans
Archdiocesan priests | 202 |
Religious priests | 94 |
Total Priests | 296 |
Permanent Deacons | 206 |
Seminarians | 24 |
Religious in the Archdiocese of New Orleans | |
Brothers | 55 |
Sisters | 263 |
Parishes | 104 |
Missions | 3 |
Campus Ministry Centers | 2 |
Institutions of Higher Learning | |
Seminaries, archdiocesan | 2 |
Seminaries, religious | 1 |
Colleges and Universities | 3 |
Student population | 8,829 |
Catholic Schools | |
Catholic elementary schools Catholic high schools | 43 22 |
Catholic elementary schools students | 19,490 |
Catholic high school students | 12,353 |