(1835–1850), elevated to Archbishop Archbishops of New Orleans Antoine Blanc (1850–1860) Jean-Marie Odin (1861–1870) Napoléon-Joseph Perché (1870–1883) Francis Xavier Leray (1883–1887) Francis Janssens (1888–1897) Placide-Louis Chapelle (1897–1905) James Blenk, S.M. (1906–1917) John W. Shaw (1918–1934) Joseph F. Rummel (1935–1964) John P. Cody (1964–1965), appointed Archbishop of Chicago (elevated to Cardinal in 1967) Philip M. Hannan (1965–1989) Francis B. Schulte (1989–2002) Alfred C. Hughes (2002–2009) Gregory M. Aymond (2009–present) Current auxiliary bishops Fernand J. Cheri, OFM (2015–present) Former auxiliary bishops Gustave Augustin Rouxel (1899–1908) John Laval (1911–1937) Louis Abel Caillouet (1947–1976) Harold R. Perry, SVD (1966–1991) Stanley Joseph Ott (1976–1983), appointed Bishop of Baton Rouge Robert William Muench (1990–1996), appointed Bishop of Covington and later Bishop of Baton Rouge Dominic Carmon, SVD (1993–2006) Gregory Michael Aymond (1997–2000), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Austin and Archbishop of New Orleans Roger Paul Morin (2003–2009), appointed Bishop of Biloxi Shelton Joseph Fabre (2007–2013), appointed Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux and later Archbishop of Louisville Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Thomas Heslin, appointed Bishop of Natchez in 1889 Cornelius Van de Ven, appointed Bishop of Natchitoches in 1904 Jules Jeanmard, appointed Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana in 1918 Robert Emmet Tracy, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana in 1959 and later Bishop of Baton Rouge Joseph Gregory Vath, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham in 1966 Gerard Louis Frey, appointed Bishop of Savannah in 1967 and later Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana William Donald Borders, appointed Bishop of Orlando in 1968 and later Archbishop of Baltimore John Clement Favalora, appointed Bishop of Alexandria in 1986 and later Bishop of Saint Petersburg and Archbishop of Miami Thomas John Rodi, appointed Bishop of Biloxi in 2001 and later Archbishop of Mobile Joseph Nunzio Latino appointed Bishop of Jackson in 2003 Dominic Mai Luong, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in 2003 John-Nhan Tran, appointed Auxiliary bishop of Atlanta in 2022 Landmarks 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. The modest building was destroyed by fire several times before the current structure was built between 1789 and 1794 during the Spanish domination. During renovations to the cathedral between 1849 and 1851, St. Patrick's Church, the second-oldest parish in the city, served