Churches in Orleans Parish
Orleans Parish, Louisiana has 490 churches in the Churches List directory, 8 of them verified and 100 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 431 congregations and 214,133 adherents across 61 religious bodies in the county. That is 558 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 383,997 people.
Religious bodies in Orleans Parish (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 45 | 107,648 | 280.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 64 | 16,973 | 44.2 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 55 | 16,240 | 42.3 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 48 | 10,030 | 26.1 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | 17 | 7,148 | 18.6 |
| United Methodist Church | 21 | 6,260 | 16.3 |
| Muslim Estimate | 5 | 6,150 | 16.0 |
| Episcopal Church | 12 | 5,431 | 14.1 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | 10 | 4,616 | 12.0 |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. | 5 | 4,280 | 11.1 |
| Church of God in Christ | 17 | 3,540 | 9.2 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 12 | 3,278 | 8.5 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (383,997). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
- St. Alphonsus-St Mary Assumption — National Register, 1971
- Saint Vincent De Paul Church — National Register, 1976
- Saint James Ame Church — National Register, 1982
- Union Bethel Ame Church — National Register, 2007
Notable churches in Orleans Parish
№ 01
Immaculate Conception Church
Immaculate Conception church, locally known as Jesuit church, is a Roman Catholic church in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The church is located at 130 Ba...
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City Church Eastlake Campus
We're excited to have you at City Church of New Orleans - East Lake campus. At City Church of New Orleans, our desire is to provide you with an atmosphere which emphasizes growth a...
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Payne Memorial AME Church
Check web site for more information; paynememorialame church.com
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Greater Bright Morning Star Baptist Church
№ 05
Jackson Avenue Evangelical Church
Come and worship with us and give praise to God for his Gift and our Savior, Jesus Christ! Watch the sermons right off the internet or come on in and be a part of our wonderful chu...
Chapel of the Holy Comforter
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Promised Land Missionary Baptist Church
Pastor Herbert Theodore Services times Sunday Morning Worship 10:00am Wednesday night Bible Study 7:00pm
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Hope Christian Church
Hope Christian Church is an authentic and diverse community; living like Jesus to transform people, our city and our world. We simply want to love God, love people and live like Je...
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Bethel Ame Church
Beacon Light Baptist Church
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Saint Philip Methodist Church
Cities and towns in Orleans Parish
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (211) · Catholic (64) · Church of God (30) · Non-Denominational (29) · Methodist (26) · Lutheran (21) · Episcopal (13) · Presbyterian (11) · African Methodist Episcopal (10) · United Methodist (10)
Researching ancestors from Orleans Parish?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Louisiana counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Orleans Parish church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Orleans Parish
FEMA has issued 39 disaster declarations covering Orleans Parish since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: hurricane (26 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Orleans Parish through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.