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New Orleans archdiocese to close or merge 13 parishes
October 31, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: The number of parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans declined from 146 in 1990 to 111 in 2021. Over the same period, the number of diocesan and religious priests fell from 531 to 291.
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