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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. As of 2024, the archdiocese has 111 parishes and eight missions organized into ten deaneries.. ^[2]

Suppressed parishes

In 2008, the archdiocese released a plan to close 22 churches, with 16 of them in New Orleans.^[5]

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Church name	Address/community	Year suppressed
Annunciation Church By 2011 the archdiocese listed for sale the church, rectory, and parish hall.^[6]	New Orleans^[6]
Ave Maria Chapel Dedicated October 21, 1912. Destroyed on September 29, 1915 by weather event .^[4]	Lakeview, New Orleans^[4]	1915^[4]
Blessed Sacrament Final church service was August 17, 2008. St. Joan of Arc Church in Carrollton took congregation.^[7]	Uptown New Orleans^[3]	2008^[7]
Epiphany of Our Lord Church Built in 1948, closed after Hurricane Katrina. Corpus Christi Church took the congregation.^[4]	7th Ward, New Orleans^[4]	Dissolved in 2008^[3]
Holy Guardian Angels Church closed, building went to Our Lady of Prompt Succor.^[3]	Bridge City^[3]	2008^[3]
Holy Trinity Catholic Church now operates as an opera house.	725 Saint Ferdinand Street New Orleans Faubourg Marigny	1997
Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Maria Goretti Church took the congregation.^[4]	New Orleans East^[4]	2008^[3]
Incarnate Word Church closed, Congregants moved to Mater Dolorosa Church.^[3]	Carrollton, New Orleans^[3]	2008^[3]
Infant Jesus of Prague Church closed, building went to St. Martha.^[3]	Harvey^[3]	2008^[3]
Nativity of Our Lord Consolidated with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton^[5]	Kenner^[5]	2008^[5]
Our Lady of Good Counsel Before closure, the church had approximately 450 families.^[8] Congregation went to St. Stephen.^[5]	Uptown New Orleans:^[3] 1307 Louisiana Ave. New Orleans (Garden District)^{[citation needed]}	2008^[8]
Our Lady of Good Harbor Its parish school was the first school to be racially desegregated by the archdiocese, prompting boycotts and vandalism in the 1960s. Congregation went to Port Sulphur's St. Patrick Church.^[4]	Buras^[6]	2008^[3]
Our Lady of Lourdes Dedicated in 1957, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.^[4] Congregation merged to St. Matthias.^[3]	Central City, New Orleans	Formally closed in 2008.^[3]
Sacred Heart of Jesus In 1901 Louis Armstrong was christened here. ^[4]Congregants moved to St. Anthony of Padua.^[3]	Mid-City, New Orleans^[5]	2008^[5]
San Pedro Pescador Congregation moved to St. Bernard Church.^[3]	Reggio^[6]	2008^[3]
St. Alphonsus Merged with St. Mary's Assumption. Building is now a community center.	2029 Constance St. New Orleans
St. Anthony	Venice^[6]
St. Anthony Congregation moved to Holy Name of Mary in Algiers, New Orleans^[3]	Gretna^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Brigid Established in 1977.^[4] Mary, Queen of Vietnam took its congregation.^[3]	Village de L'Est, New Orleans East^[4]	2008^[3]
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Consolidated with Nativity of Our Lord^[5]	Kenner^[5]	2008^[5]
St. Frances Cabrini Demolished in June 2007 due to extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina)^{[citation needed]} The congregation moved to St. Raphael in 2008.^[5]Now the site of Holy Cross High School.^[4]	5500 Paris Ave.New Orleans (Gentilly)^[3]
St. Francis de Sales Merged into Holy Ghost.^[3]	Central City, New Orleans^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Henry Church After the archbishop ordered the church closed, members of the congregation occupied it until they were removed by the New Orleans Police Department. It temporarily reopened for a funeral in 2010, as it had not been deconsecrated.^[9] At the end, the church it had about 300 families.^[8] Parishioners were redirected to St. Stephen.^[5]	Uptown New Orleans^[8]	October 26, 2008^[4]
St. John the Baptist	New Orleans^[6]
St. Julian Eymard Congregation moved to Holy Name of Mary in Algiers.^[3]	Algiers, New Orleans^[3]	August 3, 2008.^[4]
St. Lawrence the Martyr Merged with Our Lady of Divine Providence.^[3]	Metairie^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Louise Marillac Merged into Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Chalmette.^[4] Building razed in 2009.^[10]		2008^[10]
St. Mark Damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Congregation merged into Our Lady of Prompt Succor.^[4]	Chalmette^[4]	2008^[4]
St. Mary's Chapel Located in the Old Ursuline Convent. St. Louis Cathedral absorbed its congregants.^[3]	French Quarter, New Orleans^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Matthias Damaged by Hurricane Katrina.^[4]
St. Maurice Congregants moved to St. David.^[3]	Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Monica Merged into St. Matthias.^[3]	Central City, New Orleans^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Philip the Apostle	New Orleans^[6]
St. Pius X Building went to St. Anthony.^[3]	Crown Point^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Raphael Consolidated with St. Frances Cabrini,^[5] with the St. Raphael site used.^[3]	Gentilly, New Orleans^[3]	2008^[5]
St. Raymond Congregants went to St. Leo the Great.^[4]
St. Robert Bellarmine Merged with Our Lady of Prompt succor.^[4]	Arabi^[4]
St. Rose of Lima Damaged by Hurricane Katrina.^[4] Repurposed as the Bayou Treme Center for Arts and Education in 2012.^[4]
St. Simon Peter Congregation moved to St. Maria Goretti.^[4]	New Orleans East^[3]	2008^[3]
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Damaged by Hurricane Katrina, closed.^[4]
St. Vincent de Paul Now operating as Blessed Francis Seelos	3053 Dauphine New Orleans (Bywater)	2001

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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]

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"Home". Our Lady of the Isle. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

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"Parishes". Archdiocese of New Orleans. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

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Daffin, Melinda (2017-03-07). "24 closed Catholic churches of New Orleans: vintage photos from The Times-Picayune". The Times Picayune. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

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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.

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Pope, John (2011-01-25). "Archdiocese of New Orleans will sell or lease 13 empty properties, including 7 churches". The Times Picayune. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2020-05-29. - Map of properties for sale, which has further details on what portions of each property were for sale

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Persica, Dennis (2008-08-17). "Blessed Sacrament parishioners say farewell". The Times Picayune. Retrieved 2020-05-29.

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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"[...]

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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.

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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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Church name	Address/community	Current Order	Website and comments
St. Louis Cathedral	615 Pere Antoine Alley, Jackson Square French Quarter, New Orleans		https://www.stlouiscathedral.org/
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos	3053 Dauphine St. New Orleans	Order of Preachers/Dominicans (O.P.)	(formerly St. Vincent De Paul)http://seeloschurchno.org
Corpus Christi-Epiphany	2022 St. Bernard Ave. New Orleans	Josephite Fathers and Brothers (S.S.J.)	https://www.ccecno.org/
Immaculate Conception	130 Baronne St. New Orleans	Jesuit (S.J.)	http://jesuitchurch.net
Our Lady of Guadalupe	411 North Rampart St. New Orleans	Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.)	(The International Shrine of St. Jude)http://www.judeshrine.com
Our Lady Star of the Sea	1835 St. Roch Ave. New Orleans		http://www.olss-no.com/
St. Augustine	1210 Governor Nicholls St. New Orleans (Treme')		https://staugchurch.org/
St. David	5617 St. Claude Ave. New Orleans	Josephite (S.S.J.)	https://stdavidnola.com/
St. Joseph	1802 Tulane Ave. New Orleans	Vincentian Fathers	http://www.stjosephchurch-no.org
St. Mary of the Angels	3501 N. Miro St. New Orleans		http://www.smaneworleans.org/
St. Peter Claver	1923 St. Philip St. New Orleans	Society of St. Edmund (S.S.E.)	https://www.stpeterclaverneworleans.org/

Church name	Address/community	Current Order	Website and comments
Mary Queen of Vietnam	5069 Willowbrook Dr. New Orleans		https://maryqueenvn.org/
Our Lady of LaVang	6054 Vermillion Blvd, New Orleans		https://ourladyoflavangnola.org/
Our Lady of the Rosary	3368 Esplanade Ave. New Orleans		http://www.ourladyoftherosary-no.com
Resurrection of Our Lord	9701 Hammond St. New Orleans		https://www.resurrectionofourlord.org/
St. Anthony of Padua	4640 Canal St. New Orleans		https://www.sapparish.org/
St. Dominic	775 Harrison Ave. New Orleans (Lakeview)	Dominican Fathers and Brothers (O.P.)	https://www.stdominicnola.org/
St. Gabriel the Archangel	4700 Pineda St. New Orleans		http://stgabe.net
St. James Major	3736 Gentilly Blvd. New Orleans		https://saintjamesmajor.org/
St. Maria Goretti	7300 Crowder St. New Orleans		http://www.smgnola.com
St. Paul the Apostle	6828 Chef Menteur Highway New Orleans (East)		https://www.stpaultheapostlechurch-nola.org/
St. Pius X	6666 Spanish Fort Blvd. New Orleans (East)		http://stpiusxnola.org
St. Raymond-St. Leo the Great	2916 Paris Ave. New Orleans	Josephite (S.S.J)	https://srslchurch.com/
Transfiguration of the Lord	2212 Prentiss Ave. New Orleans		https://transfigurationnola.org/ Established in 2008, formed by the merger of three parishes affected by Hurricane Katrina: St. Francis Cabrini, St. Raphael the Archangel and St. Thomas the Apostle.

Church name	Address/community	Current Order	Website and comments
Blessed Sacrament - St. Joan of Arc	8321 Burthe St. New Orleans	Josephite (S.S.J.)	https://www.bssjaparish.com/
Blessed Trinity	4230 S. Broad St. New Orleans		http://www.blessedtrinity-no.org/
Good Shepherd Parish at St. Stephen Church	1025 Napoleon Ave. New Orleans		http://goodshepherdparishnola.com
Holy Name of Jesus	6367 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans	Jesuit (S.J.)	http://www.hnjchurch.org
Mater Dolorosa	1228 S. Carrollton Ave. New Orleans		http://www.mdolorosa.com
St. Alphonsus Parish / St. Marys Assumption Church	2030 Constance St. New Orleans	Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (CSsR)	https://stalphonsusno.com/
St. Francis of Assisi	631 State St. New Orleans		http://www.stfrancisuptown.com
St. Katharine Drexel	2015 Louisiana Ave. New Orleans		https://stkatharinedrexelno.org/
St. Patrick	724 Camp StreetNew Orleans		http://oldstpatricks.org
St. Rita	2729 Lowerline St. New Orleans		https://www.stritanola.com/
St. Theresa of Avila	1404 Erato St. New Orleans		https://sttheresanola.org/

Church name	Address/community	Website and comments
Divine Mercy Parish	4337 Sal Lentini Pkwy.Kenner	http://www.divinemercyparish.org
Our Lady of Divine Providence	1000 N. Starrett Rd. Metairie	http://oldp.org
Our Lady of Perpetual Help	1908 Short Street Kenner	https://www.olphla.net/
St. Agnes	3310 Jefferson Hwy.Jefferson	http://www.stagnesjefferson.org
St. Angela Merici	901 Beverly Garden Dr. Metairie	http://www.stangela.org
St. Ann Church and National Shrine	4940 Meadowdale St. Metairie	http://stannchurchandshrine.org
St. Benilde	1901 Division St. Metairie	http://www.stbenilde.org
St. Catherine of Siena Church	105 Bonnabel Blvd. Metairie	http://www.stcatherineparish.com
St. Christopher the Martyr	309 Manson Ave. Metairie	https://www.stchristopherano.com/
St. Clement of Rome	4317 Richland Ave. Metairie	http://www.scrparish.org
St. Edward the Confessor	4921 West Metairie Ave. Metairie	http://www.steddy.org
St. Francis Xavier	444 Metairie Rd. Metairie	https://church.stfrancisxavier.com/
St. Jerome	2400 33rd St. Kenner	http://www.stjeromecatholic.org/
St. Louis King of France	1609 Carrollton Metairie	http://stlouiskingoffrance.com/
St. Mary Magdalen	6425 West Metairie Ave. Metairie	http://www.stmarymagdalenchurch.com/
St. Matthew the Apostle	10021 Jefferson Hwy. River Ridge	https://www.stmatthewtheapostle.net/
St. Philip Neri	6500 Kawanee Ave. Metairie	https://spnparish.net/
St. Rita of Cascia	7100 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan	https://stritaharahan.com/

Church name	Address/community	Current Order	Website and comments
Ascension of Our Lord	799 Fairway Drive Laplace		http://www.aolparish.org
Holy Family	155 Holy Family Lane Luling
Our Lady of Grace	772 Highway 44 Reserve	Josephite (S.S.J.)	https://olgcommunity.com/
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary	1 Rectory Lane Hahnville		https://olhrhahnville.org/
Sacred Heart of Jesus	401 Spruce St. Norco		http://sacredheartchurchnorco.org
St. Anthony of Padua ^[3]	234 Angus Dr. Luling		https://stanthonyluling.org/
St. Charles Borromeo	13396 River Rd. Destrehan		https://scblittleredchurch.org/
St. Gertrude the Great	17292 LA Hwy 631 Des Allemands		https://stgertrudedesallemands.org/ In 2008 it began sharing a pastor with Paradis's St. John the Baptist Church.^[3]
St. Hubert	176 Anthony Monica Street Garyville		https://sthubertgaryville.org/
St. Joan of Arc	529 W. 5th St. Laplace		http://www.sjachurch.com
St. John the Baptist	2361 Hwy. 18 Edgard		https://stjohnbaptistedgard.org/
St. John the Baptist	15405 Hwy. 90 Paradis, Louisiana
St. Mark	10771 River Rd. Ama		http://www.stmarkwebsite.web.officelive.com%5B%5D
St. Peter	1551 Hwy. 44 Reserve

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List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

Active parishes

Deanery I – Cathedral

Deanery II – City Park-Gentilly

Deanery III – Uptown

Deanery IV – East Jefferson

Deanery V – St. John-St. Charles

Deanery VI – Westbank

Deanery VII – Algiers-Plaquemines

Deanery VIII – St. Bernard

Deanery IX – West St. Tammany-Washington

Deanery X – East St. Tammany-Washington

Non-parish churches

University campus ministry centers

Suppressed parishes

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

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Church name	Address/community	Current Order	Website and comment
Assumption of Mary	172 Andre Dung Lac Dr, Avondale		https://19910.sites.ecatholic.com/
Christ the King	535 Deerfield Rd. Terrytown		https://christkingterrytown.com/
Immaculate Conception	4401 7th St. Marrero		https://www.iccmarrero.org/
Our Lady of Prompt Succor and Holy Guardian Angels Church	146 4th St. Westwego		https://olpsw.org/
Our Lady of the Angels^[3]	139 Herman St. Waggaman		https://oloacatholicchurch.org/
St. Agnes Le Thi Thanh	6851 St. Le Thi Thanh St. Marrero
St. Anthony	924 Monroe St. Gretna
St. Anthony St. Pius X Mission	2653 Jean Lafitte Blvd. Lafitte		https://stanthonylafitte.org/
St. Bonaventure^[3]	329 S. Jamie Blvd. Avondale		https://stbonaventureavondale.org/
St. Cletus	3600 Claire Ave. Gretna		http://www.stcletuschurch.myownparish.com
St. Joachim	5055 Barataria Blvd. Marrero		https://www.stjoachimmarrero.org/
St. John Bosco	2114 Oakmere Dr. Harvey		https://saintjohnboscochurch.org/
St. Joseph	610 6th St. Gretna		http://www.stjosephgretna.org%5B%5D
St. Joseph the Worker	455 Ames Blvd. Marrero		http://www.stjworker.com/
St. Martha	2555 Apollo Dr. Harvey,		http://www.stmarthaharvey.com
St. Rosalie	600 2nd Ave. Harvey,	Salesians of Don Bosco (S.B.D.)	http://www.strosalieparish.org
Visitation of Our Lady	3500 Ames Blvd. Marrero		http://www.vol.org

Church name	Address/community	Current Order	Website and comments
All Saints	1441 Teche St. New Orleans (Algiers)	Josephite (S.S.J.)	https://allsaintschurchnola.org/
Holy Name of Mary	500 Eliza Street New Orleans (Algiers Point^[4])		https://holynameofmarynola.org/
Holy Spirit	6201 Stratford Pl. New Orleans		https://holyspiritchurchnola.org/
Our Lady of Perpetual Help	8968 Hwy. 23 Belle Chasse		https://olphbc.org/
St. Joseph	Algiers
St. Andrew the Apostle	3101 Eton St. New Orleans (Algiers)		http://www.standrewparish.net
St. Patrick	28698 Hwy. 23 Port Sulphur		http://www.stpatrickportsulphur.com

Church name	Address/community	Website and comments
Assumption of Our Lady Mission	6951 Hwy 39 Braithwaite,	Operated by St. Thomas
Our Lady of Lourdes	2621 Colonial Blvd. Violet	http://www.olol-church.com
Our Lady of Prompt Succor	2320 Paris Road Chalmette,	http://www.olps-chalmette.org/
St. Bernard	2805 Bayou Rd. St. Bernard^[3]	https://stbernard-stbla.com/
St. Thomas	17605 Hwy 15 Pointe a la Hache	https://myparishstthomas.org/

Church name	Address/community	Website
Holy Family	1318 Bickham Rd. Franklinton	https://holyfamilyfranklinton.org/
Mary Queen of Peace	1501 W. Causeway Appr. Mandeville	http://www.maryqueenofpeace.org/
Most Holy Trinity	4465 Hwy 190 East Service Road Covington	https://www.mhtcc.net/
Our Lady of the Lake	312 Lafitte St. Mandeville	http://www.ollparish.info/
St. Anselm	306 St. Mary St. Madisonville	http://www.stanselmmadisonville.org
St. Benedict	20370 Smith Rd. Covington	http://www.stbenedictcovington.com/
St. Jane de Chantal	7240 Maple St. Abita Springs	http://saintjanedechantal.com
St. John the Baptist	11355 St. John Church Rd. Folsom	https://www.folsomcatholic.org/
St. Michael the Archangel Mission	81340 Hwy. 41 Bush	http://saintjanedechantal.com
St. Peter	125 E. 19th Avenue Covington	http://www.stpeterparish.com

Church name	Address/community	Website
Annunciation	517 Avenue B Bogalusa	http://accbogalusa.org
Our Lady of Lourdes	400 Westchester Place Slidell	http://ollparishslidell.org%5B%5D
Sacred Heart of Jesus	28088 Main St. Lacombe	https://sacredheartofjesusonline.org/
St. Genevieve	58203 Hwy. 433 Slidell	http://stgenevieve.net/
St. John of the Cross	61051 Brier Lake Drive Lacombe	https://stjohnofthecrosslacombe.org/
St. Luke the Evangelist	910 Cross Gates Blvd. Slidell	http://www.stlukeslidell.org/
St. Margaret Mary	1050 Robert Blvd. Slidell	http://www.saintmmchurch.org/
Sts. Peter and Paul	66192 St. Mary Dr. Pearl River	https://sppcprla.com/

Church name	Image	Address	Website
Center of Jesus the Lord		1236 N. Rampart St. New Orleans (French Quarter)	http://www.centerofjesusthelord.org
Catholic Center at Tulane University		1037 Audubon St. New Orleans	http://www.catholiccentertulane.com