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List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

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This is a list of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The archdiocese encompasses eight civil parishes in Louisiana: St. Bernard, Jefferson (except Grand Isle)[note 1], Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. There are 108 parishes within the archdiocese.[2] As of June 1, 2009, the archdiocese's parishes are organized into ten deaneries.[3]

Active parishes

Deanery I - Cathedral

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Deanery II - City Park-Gentilly

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Deanery III - Uptown

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Deanery IV - East Jefferson

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Deanery V - St. John/St. Charles

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Deanery VI - West Bank

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Deanery VII - Algiers/Plaquemines

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Deanery VIII - St. Bernard

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Deanery IX - West St. Tammany-Washington

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Deanery X - East St. Tammany-Washington

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Non-parish churches

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University campus ministry centers

Tulane University and the University of New Orleans have campus ministry centers: St. Thomas More and St. Thomas the Apostle, respectively. They were parishes until 2008.[4]

Suppressed parishes

In 2008 the archdiocese had a plan to close 22 churches, with 16 of them in New Orleans.[6]

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Notes

  1. Unlike the rest of Jefferson Parish, the church of Grand Isle is not in the New Orleans archdiocese, but instead in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.[1]

References

  1. "Home". Our Lady of the Isle. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  2. "Statistics at a glance". Archdiocese of New Orleans. Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  3. Peter Finney Jr. (April 11, 2009). "Archdiocese realigns deaneries to reflect plan" (PDF). Clarion Herald. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-02-02. [dead link]
  4. Nolan, Bruce (2008-04-08). "View parish-by-parish changes". The Times Picayune. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  5. Nolan, Bruce; David Hammer (2008-04-09). "Archbishop announces sweeping reorganization". The Times Picayune. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. Persica, Dennis (2008-08-17). "Blessed Sacrament parishioners say farewell". The Times Picayune. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  7. Nolan, Bruce (2008-04-03). "Two N.O. church parishes to close, leaders are told". The Times Picayune. Archived from the original on 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2020-05-29. They said Engelbrecht told them the two parishes were to be formally dissolved -- the canonical term is "suppressed"[...]
  8. Nolan, Bruce (2010-02-19). "St. Henry parishioners use church for first time in 13 months". The Times Picayune. Archived from the original on 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  9. Barry, Dan (2010-07-03). "In a Refuge Haunted by Katrina, BP Swirls In". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-05-28. The Archdiocese of New Orleans canonically closed St. Louise de Marillac Church two years ago, then tore it down last year, along with a portion of the old parochial school. - Two years ago from the article's date, 2010, is 2008. "Last year" would be 2009.

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