Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | |||
25 April 1793 | Erected | Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) (erected) (Louisiana and Florida) |
29 August 1825 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas (erected) |
18 July 1826 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Durango
Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | Diocese of Saint Louis (erected) |
18 July 1826 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | Vicariate Apostolic of Mississippi (erected) |
Diocese of New Orleans | |||
18 July 1826 | Name Changed | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | Diocese of New Orleans |
18 June 1834 | Territory Added | Diocese of New Orleans (LA and MS) | |
28 July 1837 | Territory Lost | Diocese of New Orleans | Diocese of Natchez (erected) (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese; State of Mississippi) |
19 July 1850 | Territory Lost | Diocese of New Orleans | Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains (erected) (Area East of the Rocky Mountains except for AR, MO, and MN) |
Archdiocese of New Orleans | |||
19 July 1850 | Elevated | Diocese of New Orleans | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
29 July 1853 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of New Orleans | Diocese of Natchitoches (erected) (Between 32° and 33° lattitude, from the Mississippi River to the boundaries of Texas) |
11 January 1918 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of New Orleans (Southwest Louisiana (between the Atchafalaya and Sabine Rivers)) | Diocese of Lafayette (erected) |
22 July 1961 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of New Orleans | Diocese of Baton Rouge (erected) |
2 March 1977 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of New Orleans (Terrebonne and Lafourche and parts of Saint Mary and Jefferson) | Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux (erected) |
22 November 1978 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of New Orleans (Stephensville, and parts of Saint Martin and Iberia) | Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of New Orleans | ||||||||||||
1949 | 456,100 | 1,039,576 | 43.9% | 186 | 271 | 457 | 998 | 367 | 1,658 | 159 | ap1951 | |
1966 | 603,000 | 1,281,700 | 47.0% | 207 | 346 | 553 | 1,090 | 521 | 2,057 | 154 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 636,242 | 1,380,400 | 46.1% | 230 | 352 | 582 | 1,093 | 602 | 1,706 | 153 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 663,012 | 1,370,980 | 48.4% | 275 | 344 | 619 | 1,071 | 19 | 575 | 1,217 | 165 | ap1977 |
1980 | 529,706 | 1,263,200 | 41.9% | 241 | 290 | 531 | 997 | 40 | 539 | 1,258 | 134 | ap1981 |
1990 | 542,849 | 1,380,200 | 39.3% | 237 | 294 | 531 | 1,022 | 150 | 515 | 1,084 | 146 | ap1991 |
1999 | 482,373 | 1,332,771 | 36.2% | 229 | 202 | 431 | 1,119 | 186 | 129 | 831 | 146 | ap2000 |
2000 | 468,798 | 1,333,285 | 35.2% | 220 | 191 | 411 | 1,140 | 196 | 341 | 866 | 146 | ap2001 |
2001 | 489,652 | 1,331,561 | 36.8% | 220 | 186 | 406 | 1,206 | 193 | 333 | 824 | 146 | ap2002 |
2002 | 488,004 | 1,360,436 | 35.9% | 218 | 179 | 397 | 1,229 | 211 | 320 | 800 | 142 | ap2003 |
2003 | 488,584 | 1,355,542 | 36.0% | 218 | 188 | 406 | 1,203 | 203 | 316 | 765 | 142 | ap2004 |
2004 | 488,004 | 1,359,136 | 35.9% | 195 | 195 | 2,502 | 190 | 331 | 739 | 142 | ap2005* | |
2009 | 387,101 | 1,075,283 | 36.0% | 195 | 163 | 358 | 1,081 | 192 | 237 | 458 | 108 | ap2010 |
2013 | 520,056 | 1,238,228 | 42.0% | 197 | 155 | 352 | 1,477 | 211 | 240 | 424 | 107 | ap2014 |
2016 | 510,599 | 1,276,497 | 40.0% | 198 | 131 | 329 | 1,551 | 221 | 198 | 404 | 110 | ap2017 |
2019 | 520,411 | 1,301,028 | 40.0% | 209 | 124 | 333 | 1,562 | 236 | 183 | 362 | 111 | ap2020 |
2021 | 518,251 | 1,295,628 | 40.0% | 189 | 102 | 291 | 1,780 | 212 | 160 | 365 | 111 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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