What is the Catholic Church in Jackson Square New Orleans?

St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans)

What is the Church in Jackson Square?

St. Louis Cathedral
Facing Jackson Square and flanked by the historic Cabildo on one side and the equally historic Presbytere on the other, St. Louis Cathedral is among the tallest and most imposing structures in the French Quarter.

How much does it cost to visit the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans?

Louis Cathedral is free and open to the public every day from at 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can purchase a brochure for a self-guided tour for $1 at the entrance, or you can join a guided tour. Tours are led by volunteer docents and are available upon request.

What are the Catholic churches in New Orleans?

This is a list of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The archdiocese encompasses 8 civil parishes in Louisiana: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. There are 108 parishes within the archdiocese .

What is the famous church in New Orleans?

The best known church in the New Orleans Archdiocese is the historic St. Louis Cathedral fronting the Spanish Plaza de Armas , now Jackson Square, in the French Quarter. This church was originally built in 1718, shortly after the founding of the city.

Where is St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans?

Saint Louis Cathedral is in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the Place John Paul II ( French: Place Jean-Paul II ), a promenaded section of Chartres Street ( rue de Chartres) that runs for one block between St. Peter Street ( rue Saint-Pierre) on the upriver boundary and St.