Archdiocese of New Orleans
| Archdiocese of New Orleans | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Gregory Aymond |
| Auxiliary bishop | Fernand J. Cheri OFM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alfred Clifton Hughes |
| founding | 1793 |
| surface | 10,898 km² |
| Parishes | 110 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,276,497 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 510,599 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 40% |
| Diocesan priest | 198 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 131 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,552 |
| Permanent deacons | 221 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 198 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 404 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Saint Louis basilica |
| address | 7887 Walmsley Ave. New Orleans, LA 70125-3496 |
| Website | arch-no.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Alexandria Baton Rouge Houma-Thibodaux Lafayette Lake Charles Shreveport . |
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Located in the United States , the Archdiocese of New Orleans ( Latin : Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae ) is a diocese and metropolitan seat of the Roman Catholic Church with its seat in New Orleans , Louisiana .
history
The forerunner of the Archdiocese of New Orleans is on April 25, 1793 by Pope Pius VI. from the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana , Cuba , founded Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) . The first bishop was the Cuban Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas . On July 18, 1826 the diocese was by Leo XII. renamed the Diocese of New Orleans. Pope Pius IX elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on July 19, 1850. The first archbishop was the Frenchman Anthony Blanc .
There were numerous assignments of territory from which new dioceses were founded. Suffragan dioceses are Alexandria , Baton Rouge , Houma-Thibodaux , Lafayette , Lake Charles and Shreveport .
The seminaries of Notre Dame and St. Joseph as well as the Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) , Loyola University New Orleans and the Our Lady of Holy Cross College (OLHCC) are assigned to the Archdiocese .
Bishops of Louisiana and the Two Floridas
- Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas (1794–1801), then Archbishop of Guatemala
- Francisco Porró Reinado (1801–1803), then Bishop of Tarazona
- Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg PSS (1815-1825)
Bishops of New Orleans
- Leo Raymond De Neckère CM (1829-1833)
- Anthony Blanc (1835-1850)
Archbishops of New Orleans
- Anthony Blanc (1850-1860)
- Jean Marie (John Mary) Odin CM (1861–1870)
- Napoleon Joseph Perché (1870-1883)
- Francis Xavier Leray (1883-1887)
- Francis Janssens (1888-1897)
- Placide Louis Chapelle (1897–1905)
- Jakob Hubert Blenk SM (1906-1917)
- John William Shaw (1918–1934)
- Joseph Rummel (1935–1964)
- John Cody (1964–1965), then Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
- Philip Hannan (1965–1988)
- Francis Schulte (1988-2002)
- Alfred Clifton Hughes (2002-2009)
- Gregory Aymond (since 2009)
