page_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, officially in Latin Dioecesis Rubribaculensis, in French Diocèse de Bâton-Rouge, in Spanish: Diócesis de Baton Rouge, is a Latin Rite diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
  The diocese consists of 68 parishes, 2 ethnic apostolates, and 2 University chaplaincies. Its territory comprises an area of 5,513 square miles, being composed of twelve civil parishes in south central Louisiana: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupée, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
  The current bishop is Michael Duca. There are 106 total priests in the Diocese, 70 permanent deacons, 3 transitional deacons, 16 lay male religious, 90 female religious, and 17 seminarians. The Catholic population is 215,298 out of a total population of 884,650.
context_section_description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, officially in Latin Dioecesis Rubribaculensis, in French Diocèse de Bâton-Rouge , in Spanish: Diócesis de Baton Rouge, is a Latin Rite diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
  The diocese consists of 68 parishes, 2 ethnic apostolates, and 2 University chaplaincies. Its territory comprises an area of 5,513 square miles (14,280 km²), being composed of twelve civil parishes in south central Louisiana: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupée, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
  The current bishop is Michael Duca. There are 106 total priests in the Diocese (71 diocesan priests of which 50 are active and 21 are inactive, 30 religious priests of which 24 are active and 6 are inactive, and 5 extern priests), 70 permanent deacons, 3 transitional deacons, 16 lay male religious (brothers), 90 female religious (nuns and sisters), and 17 seminarians. The Catholic population is 215,298 out of a total population of 884,650 (24.3% of the population).
caption: St. Joseph Cathedral
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