Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

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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 second oldest diocese in the United States, having been elevated to the rank of diocese on 25 April 1793, during the period of Spanish colonial rule, by Pope Pius VI. Our Lady of Prompt Succor is the patron saint of the diocese.

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[edit] 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. There are two Archbishops Emeriti: Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte and Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan.

[edit] 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 when it was erected on 25 April 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 date of its establishment makes it the second-oldest diocese in the present-day United States: the Archdiocese of Baltimore was established on 6 November 1789. At the time of its establishment, the territory of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas was part of the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana (Havana) in what is now Cuba.

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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Bishops

* As apostolic administrator. ** From 1812 to 1815 as apostolic administrator. ***Rosati was Bishop of St. Louis and administered New Orleans.

[edit] Archbishops

Image:MitchLandrieu GeorgeWBush RayNagin AlfredHughes, 2007March01.jpg
Archbishop Alfred Hughes (far right)

[edit] Schools

[edit] K-12 schools

[edit] Secondary schools

[edit] High Schools

Recently closed schools:

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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 Agnes Parochial School (Jefferson)
  • 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)

[edit] Primary schools

  • St. Rosalie School (Harvey, K-5)

[edit] Other

  • Hope Haven Special School (Marrero)
  • St. Michael's Special School (New Orleans)

[edit] 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.

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[edit] See also

[edit] General References.

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Archdiocese of New Orleans

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Prompt Succor Newspaper: Clarion Herald

Bishops &
Archbishops

Bishops: Luis Penalver y Cardenas | Francisco Porró Reinado | Louis-Guillaume Dubourg | Joseph Rosati | Leo-Raymond de Neckere | Antoine Blanc
Archbishops: Antoine Blanc | Jean-Marie Odin | Napoléon-Joseph Perché | Francois-Xavier Leray | Francis Janssens | Placide-Louis Chapelle | James Hubert Blenk | John William Shaw | Joseph Francis Rummel | John Patrick Cody | Philip Matthew Hannan | Francis Bible Schulte | Alfred Clifton Hughes

Churches
within Orleans Parish

Cathedral: St. Louis Cathedral
All Saints | Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos | Blessed Sacrament | Center of Jesus the Lord | Corpus Christi | Holy Ghost | Holy Name of Jesus Church | Holy Name of Mary | Holy Spirit | Immaculate Conception | Mary, Queen of Vietman | Mater Dolorosa | National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor | Our Lady of Guadalupe | Our Lady of Good Counsel | Our Lady of La Vang | Our Lady of the Rosary | Our Lady Star of the Sea | Resurrection of Our Lord | St. Andrew the Apostle | St. Anthony of Padua | St. Augustine Church | St. Dominic | St. Francis de Sales | St. Francis of Assisi | St. Gabriel the Archangel | St. Henry | St. James Major | St. Joan of Arc | St. Joseph Church (New Orleans) | St. Joseph Church (Algiers) | St. Julien Eymard | St. Leo the Great | St. Maria Goretti | St. Mary of the Angels | St. Mary's Assumption | St. Mary's Chapel | St. Matthias | St. Maurice | St. Patrick's | St. Paul the Apostle | St. Peter Claver | St. Pius X | St. Rita | St. Stephen | St. Theresa of Avila | St. Thomas the Apostle | St. Thomas More | Vietnamese Martyrs Chapel

Schools

Diocesan Seminaries: Notre Dame | Saint Joseph Colleges & Universities: Loyola | Our Lady of Holy Cross | Xavier
K-12: Academy of the Sacred Heart
High Schools: Archbishop Blenk High School Archbishop Chapelle High School | Archbishop Hannan High School | Archbishop Rummel High School | Archbishop Shaw High School | Brother Martin High School | Cabrini High School | De La Salle High School | Holy Cross High School | Holy Rosary High School | Immaculata High School| Jesuit High School | Mount Carmel Academy | Pope John Paul II | Redeemer-Seton High School | St. Charles Catholic High School | St. Augustine High School | Saint Mary's Academy | St. Mary's Dominican High School| St. Paul's School | St. Scholastica Academy | Ursuline Academy | Xavier University Preparatory School Other: New Orleans Catholic League

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