Archdiocese of New Orleans

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Bishop(s) Alfred Clifton Hughes, Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre, Auxiliary Bishop Roger Paul Morin, Auxiliary Bishop Philip Matthew Hannan, Archbishop Emeritus Francis Bible Schulte, Archbishop Emeritus Dominic Carmon, S.V.D., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Alexandria Baton Rouge Houma-Thibodaux Lafayette Lake Charles Shreveport

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 19 July 1850 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Louisiana Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 10,895 (4,208 Square Miles) Conference Region: V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: NO Official Web Site: http://www.arch-no.org/ Mailing Address: 7887 Walmsley Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125-3496 Telephone: (504)861-9521 Fax: 866-2906

Historical Details

• Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)
  • Erected: 25 April 1793
  • State: Louisiana
  • Country: United States of America

• Diocese of New Orleans
  • Latin Name: Novae Aureliae
  • Name Changed: 18 July 1826
  • State: Louisiana
  • Country: United States of America

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas † (12 Sep 1794 Appointed - 20 Jul 1801 Appointed, Archbishop of Guatemala)
• Francisco Porró Reinado † (20 Jul 1801 Appointed - 17 Jan 1803 Appointed, Bishop of Tarazona)
• Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (18 Aug 1812 Appointed - 1 Feb 1825 Resigned)
• Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (18 Jul 1826 Appointed - 18 Jul 1826 Appointed, Apostolic Administrator of Saint Louis, Missouri)
• Leo Raymond De Neckère, C.M. † (4 Aug 1829 Appointed - 4 Sep 1833 Died)
• Anthony Blanc † (19 Jun 1835 Appointed - 20 Jun 1860 Died)
• Jean Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. † (15 Feb 1861 Appointed - 25 May 1870 Died)
• Napoleon Joseph Perché † (25 May 1870 Succeeded - 27 Dec 1883 Died)
• Francis Xavier Leray † (28 Dec 1883 Succeeded - 23 Sep 1887 Died)
• Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens † (7 Aug 1888 Appointed - 9 Jun 1897 Died)
• Placide Louis Chapelle † (1 Dec 1897 Appointed - 9 Aug 1905 Died)
• James Herbert Blenk, S.M. † (20 Apr 1906 Appointed - 20 Apr 1917 Died)
• John William Shaw † (25 Jan 1918 Appointed - 2 Nov 1934 Died)
• Joseph Francis Rummel † (9 Mar 1935 Appointed - 8 Nov 1964 Died)
• John Patrick Cody † (1 Jun 1962 Appointed - 14 Jun 1965 Appointed, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois)
• Philip Matthew Hannan (29 Sep 1965 Appointed - 6 Dec 1988 Retired)
• Francis Bible Schulte (6 Dec 1988 Appointed - 3 Jan 2002 Retired)
• Alfred Clifton Hughes (3 Jan 2002 Succeeded - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
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)
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
19 July 1850	Territory Lost	Diocese of New Orleans	Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains (erected)
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)
11 January 1918	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of New Orleans	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	Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
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*

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Gregory Michael Aymond (Priest: 10 May 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1996 to 2 Jun 2000)
• William Donald Borders (Priest: 18 May 1940 to 2 May 1968)
• Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1992 to 13 Dec 2006)
• Shelton Joseph Fabre (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Dec 2006)
• John Clement Favalora (Priest: 20 Dec 1961 to 16 Jun 1986)
• Philip Matthew Hannan (Archbishop: 29 Sep 1965 to 6 Dec 1988)
• Alfred Clifton Hughes (Coadjutor Archbishop: 16 Feb 2001; Archbishop: 3 Jan 2002)
• Joseph Nunzio Latino (Priest: 25 May 1963 to 1977)
• Dominic Mai Luong (Priest: 1976 to 25 Apr 2003)
• Roger Paul Morin (Priest: 15 Apr 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 2003)
• Robert William Muench (Priest: 18 Jun 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 May 1990 to 5 Jan 1996)
• Thomas John Rodi (Priest: 20 May 1978 to 15 May 2001)
• Francis Bible Schulte (Archbishop: 6 Dec 1988 to 3 Jan 2002)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Anthony Blanc † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1835; Archbishop: 19 Jul 1850 to 20 Jun 1860)
• James Herbert Blenk, S.M. † (Archbishop: 20 Apr 1906 to 20 Apr 1917)
• Louis Abel Caillouet † (Priest: 7 May 1925; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Aug 1947 to 7 Jul 1976)
• John Carroll † (Apostolic Administrator: 1 Sep 1805 to 3 Dec 1815)
• Placide Louis Chapelle † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1897 to 9 Aug 1905)
• John Patrick Cody † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 10 Aug 1961; Apostolic Administrator: 1 Jun 1962; Archbishop: 8 Nov 1964 to 14 Jun 1965)
• Leo Raymond De Neckère, C.M. † (Bishop: 4 Aug 1829 to 4 Sep 1833)
• Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (Apostolic Administrator: 18 Aug 1812; Bishop: 18 Sep 1815 to 1 Feb 1825)
• Gerard Louis Frey † (Priest: 2 Apr 1938 to 31 May 1967)
• Thomas Heslin † (Priest: 8 Sep 1869 to 29 Mar 1889)
• Francis August Anthony Joseph Janssens † (Archbishop: 7 Aug 1888 to 9 Jun 1897)
• Jules Benjamin Jeanmard † (Priest: 10 Jun 1903 to 18 Jul 1918)
• John Marie Laval † (Priest: 10 Nov 1877; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1911 to 4 Jun 1937)
• Francis Xavier Leray † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 30 Sep 1879; Archbishop: 28 Dec 1883 to 23 Sep 1887)
• Jean Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. † (Archbishop: 15 Feb 1861 to 25 May 1870)
• Stanley Joseph Ott † (Priest: 8 Dec 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 1976 to 13 Jan 1983)
• Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1794 to 20 Jul 1801)
• Napoleon Joseph Perché † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 8 Feb 1870; Archbishop: 25 May 1870 to 27 Dec 1883)
• Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Sep 1965 to 17 Jul 1991)
• Francisco Porró Reinado † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1801 to 17 Jan 1803)
• Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 22 Jun 1823; Apostolic Administrator: 18 Jul 1826 to 18 Jul 1826)
• Gustave Augustin Rouxel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1899 to 16 Mar 1908)
• Joseph Francis Rummel † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 1935 to 8 Nov 1964)
• John William Shaw † (Archbishop: 25 Jan 1918 to 2 Nov 1934)
• Robert Emmet Tracy † (Priest: 12 Jun 1932 to 13 Mar 1959)
• Cornelius Van de Ven † (Priest: 31 May 1890 to 24 Oct 1904)