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EspañolROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS
The 'Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans' (in Latin Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae) is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church. The Archdiocese of New Orleans is the oldest diocese in the United States, having been elevated to a diocese on April 25, 1793, during the Spanish domination, by Pope Pius VI. Our Lady of Prompt Succor is the patron saint of the diocese.
The archdiocese encompasses eight civil parishes in the New Orleans metropolitan area: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. There are 142 church parishes in the archdiocese, ministered by 410 priests (including those belonging to religious orders), 190 permanent deacons, 111 brothers, and 739 sisters. There are 488,584 registered Catholics in the Archdiocese, 36% of the total population of the area. The current head of the archdiocese is Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes. He is assisted by
two auxiliary bishops, Shelton Joseph Fabre and Roger Paul Morin. Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte is the Archbishop Emeritus.
The Catholic Church has had a presence in New Orleans since the founding of the city by the French in 1718. New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana were surrendered to the Spanish in 1763, who combined it with their Florida colonies. The pioneer parishes of New Orleans and Louisiana were incorporated into the 'Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas' in 1793. The diocese originally encompassed the entire Louisiana Territory, from the Gulf of Mexico to Canadian border, as well as the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast.
The diocese was divided into smaller dioceses several times, and many modern dioceses in the central United States were originally part of the Diocese of Louisiana. As capital of the Louisiana, the city was sold to the United States in 1803. The diocese was renamed the 'Diocese of New Orleans' in 1830, and encompassed what is now Louisiana and Mississippi. New Orleans was elevated to an archdiocese in 1850. As the population of Louisiana grew, the 'Archdiocese of New Orleans' was further subdivided into several additional dioceses.
In its long history, the Archdiocese and the city of New Orleans have survived several major disasters, including several city-wide fires, a British invasion, the American Civil War, multiple yellow fever epidemics, anti-immigration and anti-Catholicism, the New Orleans Hurricane of 1915, Segregation, Hurricane Betsy, and an occasional financial crisis, not to mention Hurricane Katrina. Each time, the Archdiocese rebuilt damaged churches and rendered assistance to the victims of every disaster. More recently, the church has faced an increased demand for churches in the suburbs and a decline in attendance to inner-city parishes. The church has also weathered changes within the Roman Catholic Church, such as the Second Vatican Council, and changing spiritual values throughout the rest of the United States.
[1]
The archdiocese sustained severe damage from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Numerous churches and schools were flooded and battered by hurricane force winds. In the more heavily flooded neighborhoods, such as St. Bernard Parish, many parish structures were wiped out entirely.
[2]
One year later, the long process of rebuilding the archdiocese continues. [3]
The Archdiocese of New Orleans is a culturally diverse community within the diverse city of New Orleans. As a major port, the city has attracted immigrants from around the world. New Orleans has had a large population of African American Catholics since the colonial days of the city. European immigrants, such as the Italians, German Bavarians and Irish have also been a part of the Archdiocese throughout its history. More recently, many Vietnamese Catholics from South Vietnam have settled in the city, as well as new waves of Mexicans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Cubans.
The best known church in the New Orleans Archdiocese is the historic St. Louis Cathedral fronting the Spanish Plaza de Armas, now Jackson Square, in the French Quarter. This church was originally built in 1718, shortly after the founding of the city. The modest building was destroyed by fire several times before the current structure was built between 1789 and 1794 during the Spanish domination. During renovations to the cathedral between 1849 and 1851, St. Patrick's Church, the second oldest parish in the city, served as the pro-cathedral of the archdiocese.
★ Luis Peñalver y Cárdenas (1793-1801)
★ Francisco Porró y Reinado (1801-1803)
★ John Carroll (1805-1812)
★
★ Louis-Guillaume Dubourg (1812-1826)
★
★
★ Joseph Rosati (1826-1829)
★
★
★
★ Leo-Raymond de Neckere (1829-1833)
★ Antoine Blanc (1835-1850)
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★
★
★
★
★
★ Antoine Blanc (1850-1860)
★ Jean-Marie Odin (1861-1870)
★ Napoleon-Joseph Perche (1870-1883)
★ Francois-Xavier Leray (1883-1887)
★ Francis Janssens (1888-1897)
★ Placide-Louis Chapelle (1897-1905)
★ James Hubert Blenk (1906-1917)
★ John William Shaw (1918-1934)
★ Joseph Francis Rummel (1935-1964)
★ John Patrick Cody (1964-1965)
★ Philip Matthew Hannan (1965-1989)
★ Francis Bible Schulte (1989-2001)
★ Alfred Clifton Hughes (2002-present)
★ Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans
★ Archbishop Blenk High School (Gretna) Set to Merge with Immaculata High School for the 2007-2008 school year. New school to be named Academy of Our Lady (Gretna)
★ Archbishop Chapelle High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Metairie address )
★ Archbishop Hannan High School (Unincorporated St. Bernard Parish, Meraux address--moved to Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish after Hurricane Katrina)
★ Archbishop Rummel High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Metairie address)
★ Archbishop Shaw High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Marrero address)
★ Brother Martin High School (New Orleans)
★ Cabrini High School (New Orleans)
★ De La Salle High School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Cross High School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Rosary High School (Metairie)
★ Immaculata High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Marrero) Set to merge with Archbishop Blenk High School for the 2007-2008 school year. New school to be named Academy of Our Lady
★ Jesuit High School (New Orleans)
★ Mount Carmel Academy (New Orleans)
★ Pope John Paul II High School (Slidell, Louisiana) (Slidell)
★ Redeemer-Seton High School (New Orleans)
★ St. Charles Catholic High School (Unincorporated St. John the Baptist Parish, Laplace address)
★ St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)
★ Saint Mary's Academy (New Orleans)
★ St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans)
★ St. Paul's School (Covington)
★ St. Scholastica Academy (Covington)
★ Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)
★ Xavier University Preparatory School (New Orleans)
★ Henriette Delille Middle School (New Orleans)
★ Marian Central Catholic Middle School (New Orleans)
★ St. Rosalie Middle School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Harvey address)
★ All Saints School (New Orleans)
★ Annunciation School (Bogalusa)
★ Ascension of Our Lord School (Laplace)
★ Christ the King Parish School (Terrytown)
★ Christian Brothers School (New Orleans)
★ Corpus Christi School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Ghost School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Name of Jesus School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Name of Mary School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Rosary Academy (New Orleans)
★ Immaculate Conception School (Marrero)
★ Immaculate Heart of Mary School (New Orleans)
★ Mary Queen of Peace School (Mandeville)
★ Our Lady of Divine Providence School (Metairie)
★ Our Lady of Grace School (Reserve)
★ Our Lady of Lourdes School (New Orleans)
★ Our Lady of Lourdes School (Slidell)
★ Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (Belle Chasse)
★ Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (Kenner)
★ Our Lady Of Prompt Succor School (Chalmette)
★ Our Lady of Prompt Succor School (Westwego)
★ St. Andrew the Apostle School (New Orleans)
★ St. Anthony of Padua School (New Orleans)
★ St. Anthony School (Gretna)
★ St. Ann School (Metairie)
★ St. Benilde (Metairie)
★ St. Catherine of Siena School (Metairie)
★ St. Charles Borromeo (Destrehan)
★ St. Clement of Rome School (Metairie)
★ St. Cletus School (Gretna)
★ St. Dominic School (New Orleans)
★ St. Edward the Confessor School (Metairie)
★ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Kenner)
★ St. Joan of Arc School (LaPlace)
★ St. Louis Cathedral School (New Orleans)
★ St. Louis, King of France (Bucktown)
★ St. Louise de Marillac School (Arabi)
★ St. Margaret Mary School (Slidell)
★ St. Mark School (Chalmette)
★ St. Mary Magdalene School (Metairie)
★ St. Mary of the Angels School (New Orleans)
★ St. Matthew the Apostle School (River Ridge)
★ St. Monica School (New Orleans)
★ St. Paul the Apostle School (New Orleans)
★ St. Peter Catholic School (Covington)
★ St. Peter Claver School (New Orleans)
★ St. Peter School (Reserve)
★ St. Philip Neri (Metairie)
★ St. Pius X School (New Orleans)
★ St. Raymond School (New Orleans)
★ St. Rita School (Harahan)
★ St. Rita School (New Orleans)
★ St. Robert Bellarmine School (Arabi)
★ St. Simon Peter School (New Orleans)
★ St. Stephen School (New Orleans)
★ Visitation of Our Lady School (Marrero)
★ St. Rosalie School (Harvey, K-5)
★ Hope Haven Special School (Marrero)
★ St. Michael's Special School (New Orleans)
1. Nolan, Charles E. "A Brief History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans." 2001 May.
2. Finney, Peter. "Devastation." The Clarion Herald. 2005 Oct. 1. Vol. 44, No. 9.
3. Et al. "Katrina: Recovery/Renewal." The Clarion Herald. 2006 Aug. 26. Vol. 45, No. 32.
★ The Province of New Orleans.
★ List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States.
★ The Archdiocese of New Orleans Official Website.
★ Nolan, Charles E. ''A History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.'' May 2001.
★ Cheney, David M. Catholic Hierarchy Website.
★ Archdiocesan Statistics.
★ Catholic Charities of New Orleans.
★ ''The Clarion Herald,'' the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
★ John and Kathleen DeMajo. Gallery of New Orleans Churches, including numerous Catholic Churches.
★ The ''Catholic Encyclopedia's'' article for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
★ Organizational website devoted to the opposition of merging Archbishop Blenk and Immaculata high schools
Summary
The archdiocese encompasses eight civil parishes in the New Orleans metropolitan area: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. There are 142 church parishes in the archdiocese, ministered by 410 priests (including those belonging to religious orders), 190 permanent deacons, 111 brothers, and 739 sisters. There are 488,584 registered Catholics in the Archdiocese, 36% of the total population of the area. The current head of the archdiocese is Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes. He is assisted by
two auxiliary bishops, Shelton Joseph Fabre and Roger Paul Morin. Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte is the Archbishop Emeritus.
History
The Catholic Church has had a presence in New Orleans since the founding of the city by the French in 1718. New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana were surrendered to the Spanish in 1763, who combined it with their Florida colonies. The pioneer parishes of New Orleans and Louisiana were incorporated into the 'Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas' in 1793. The diocese originally encompassed the entire Louisiana Territory, from the Gulf of Mexico to Canadian border, as well as the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast.
The diocese was divided into smaller dioceses several times, and many modern dioceses in the central United States were originally part of the Diocese of Louisiana. As capital of the Louisiana, the city was sold to the United States in 1803. The diocese was renamed the 'Diocese of New Orleans' in 1830, and encompassed what is now Louisiana and Mississippi. New Orleans was elevated to an archdiocese in 1850. As the population of Louisiana grew, the 'Archdiocese of New Orleans' was further subdivided into several additional dioceses.
In its long history, the Archdiocese and the city of New Orleans have survived several major disasters, including several city-wide fires, a British invasion, the American Civil War, multiple yellow fever epidemics, anti-immigration and anti-Catholicism, the New Orleans Hurricane of 1915, Segregation, Hurricane Betsy, and an occasional financial crisis, not to mention Hurricane Katrina. Each time, the Archdiocese rebuilt damaged churches and rendered assistance to the victims of every disaster. More recently, the church has faced an increased demand for churches in the suburbs and a decline in attendance to inner-city parishes. The church has also weathered changes within the Roman Catholic Church, such as the Second Vatican Council, and changing spiritual values throughout the rest of the United States.
[1]
The archdiocese sustained severe damage from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Numerous churches and schools were flooded and battered by hurricane force winds. In the more heavily flooded neighborhoods, such as St. Bernard Parish, many parish structures were wiped out entirely.
[2]
One year later, the long process of rebuilding the archdiocese continues. [3]
Heritage
The Archdiocese of New Orleans is a culturally diverse community within the diverse city of New Orleans. As a major port, the city has attracted immigrants from around the world. New Orleans has had a large population of African American Catholics since the colonial days of the city. European immigrants, such as the Italians, German Bavarians and Irish have also been a part of the Archdiocese throughout its history. More recently, many Vietnamese Catholics from South Vietnam have settled in the city, as well as new waves of Mexicans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Cubans.
Landmarks
The best known church in the New Orleans Archdiocese is the historic St. Louis Cathedral fronting the Spanish Plaza de Armas, now Jackson Square, in the French Quarter. This church was originally built in 1718, shortly after the founding of the city. The modest building was destroyed by fire several times before the current structure was built between 1789 and 1794 during the Spanish domination. During renovations to the cathedral between 1849 and 1851, St. Patrick's Church, the second oldest parish in the city, served as the pro-cathedral of the archdiocese.
Bishops
★ Luis Peñalver y Cárdenas (1793-1801)
★ Francisco Porró y Reinado (1801-1803)
★ John Carroll (1805-1812)
★
★ Louis-Guillaume Dubourg (1812-1826)
★
★
★ Joseph Rosati (1826-1829)
★
★
★
★ Leo-Raymond de Neckere (1829-1833)
★ Antoine Blanc (1835-1850)
★
★
★
★
★
★
Archbishops
★ Antoine Blanc (1850-1860)
★ Jean-Marie Odin (1861-1870)
★ Napoleon-Joseph Perche (1870-1883)
★ Francois-Xavier Leray (1883-1887)
★ Francis Janssens (1888-1897)
★ Placide-Louis Chapelle (1897-1905)
★ James Hubert Blenk (1906-1917)
★ John William Shaw (1918-1934)
★ Joseph Francis Rummel (1935-1964)
★ John Patrick Cody (1964-1965)
★ Philip Matthew Hannan (1965-1989)
★ Francis Bible Schulte (1989-2001)
★ Alfred Clifton Hughes (2002-present)
Schools
K-12 schools
★ Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans
Secondary schools
High Schools
★ Archbishop Blenk High School (Gretna) Set to Merge with Immaculata High School for the 2007-2008 school year. New school to be named Academy of Our Lady (Gretna)
★ Archbishop Chapelle High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Metairie address )
★ Archbishop Hannan High School (Unincorporated St. Bernard Parish, Meraux address--moved to Unincorporated St. Tammany Parish after Hurricane Katrina)
★ Archbishop Rummel High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Metairie address)
★ Archbishop Shaw High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Marrero address)
★ Brother Martin High School (New Orleans)
★ Cabrini High School (New Orleans)
★ De La Salle High School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Cross High School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Rosary High School (Metairie)
★ Immaculata High School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Marrero) Set to merge with Archbishop Blenk High School for the 2007-2008 school year. New school to be named Academy of Our Lady
★ Jesuit High School (New Orleans)
★ Mount Carmel Academy (New Orleans)
★ Pope John Paul II High School (Slidell, Louisiana) (Slidell)
★ Redeemer-Seton High School (New Orleans)
★ St. Charles Catholic High School (Unincorporated St. John the Baptist Parish, Laplace address)
★ St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)
★ Saint Mary's Academy (New Orleans)
★ St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans)
★ St. Paul's School (Covington)
★ St. Scholastica Academy (Covington)
★ Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)
★ Xavier University Preparatory School (New Orleans)
Middle schools and junior high schools
★ Henriette Delille Middle School (New Orleans)
★ Marian Central Catholic Middle School (New Orleans)
★ St. Rosalie Middle School (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Harvey address)
K-8 schools
★ All Saints School (New Orleans)
★ Annunciation School (Bogalusa)
★ Ascension of Our Lord School (Laplace)
★ Christ the King Parish School (Terrytown)
★ Christian Brothers School (New Orleans)
★ Corpus Christi School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Ghost School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Name of Jesus School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Name of Mary School (New Orleans)
★ Holy Rosary Academy (New Orleans)
★ Immaculate Conception School (Marrero)
★ Immaculate Heart of Mary School (New Orleans)
★ Mary Queen of Peace School (Mandeville)
★ Our Lady of Divine Providence School (Metairie)
★ Our Lady of Grace School (Reserve)
★ Our Lady of Lourdes School (New Orleans)
★ Our Lady of Lourdes School (Slidell)
★ Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (Belle Chasse)
★ Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (Kenner)
★ Our Lady Of Prompt Succor School (Chalmette)
★ Our Lady of Prompt Succor School (Westwego)
★ St. Andrew the Apostle School (New Orleans)
★ St. Anthony of Padua School (New Orleans)
★ St. Anthony School (Gretna)
★ St. Ann School (Metairie)
★ St. Benilde (Metairie)
★ St. Catherine of Siena School (Metairie)
★ St. Charles Borromeo (Destrehan)
★ St. Clement of Rome School (Metairie)
★ St. Cletus School (Gretna)
★ St. Dominic School (New Orleans)
★ St. Edward the Confessor School (Metairie)
★ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Kenner)
★ St. Joan of Arc School (LaPlace)
★ St. Louis Cathedral School (New Orleans)
★ St. Louis, King of France (Bucktown)
★ St. Louise de Marillac School (Arabi)
★ St. Margaret Mary School (Slidell)
★ St. Mark School (Chalmette)
★ St. Mary Magdalene School (Metairie)
★ St. Mary of the Angels School (New Orleans)
★ St. Matthew the Apostle School (River Ridge)
★ St. Monica School (New Orleans)
★ St. Paul the Apostle School (New Orleans)
★ St. Peter Catholic School (Covington)
★ St. Peter Claver School (New Orleans)
★ St. Peter School (Reserve)
★ St. Philip Neri (Metairie)
★ St. Pius X School (New Orleans)
★ St. Raymond School (New Orleans)
★ St. Rita School (Harahan)
★ St. Rita School (New Orleans)
★ St. Robert Bellarmine School (Arabi)
★ St. Simon Peter School (New Orleans)
★ St. Stephen School (New Orleans)
★ Visitation of Our Lady School (Marrero)
Primary schools
★ St. Rosalie School (Harvey, K-5)
Other
★ Hope Haven Special School (Marrero)
★ St. Michael's Special School (New Orleans)
Sources
1. Nolan, Charles E. "A Brief History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans." 2001 May.
2. Finney, Peter. "Devastation." The Clarion Herald. 2005 Oct. 1. Vol. 44, No. 9.
3. Et al. "Katrina: Recovery/Renewal." The Clarion Herald. 2006 Aug. 26. Vol. 45, No. 32.
References
See also
★ The Province of New Orleans.
★ List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States.
General References.
★ The Archdiocese of New Orleans Official Website.
★ Nolan, Charles E. ''A History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.'' May 2001.
★ Cheney, David M. Catholic Hierarchy Website.
Other References.
★ Archdiocesan Statistics.
★ Catholic Charities of New Orleans.
★ ''The Clarion Herald,'' the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
★ John and Kathleen DeMajo. Gallery of New Orleans Churches, including numerous Catholic Churches.
★ The ''Catholic Encyclopedia's'' article for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
★ Organizational website devoted to the opposition of merging Archbishop Blenk and Immaculata high schools
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