Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge

Diocese of Baton Rouge Dioecesis Rubribaculensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupée, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of New Orleans
Statistics
Area	5,513 sq mi (14,280 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 950,000 235,000 (24.7%)
Parishes	68
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 20, 1961
Cathedral	St. Joseph Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Robert William Muench Bishop of Baton Rouge
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gregory Michael Aymond Archbishop of New Orleans
Vicar General	Thomas Ranzino Vicar General
Map
Website
diobr.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, officially in Latin Dioecesis Rubribaculensis, 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 Robert William Muench. 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).

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