Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church
Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 2916 Paris Avenue in New Orleans, LA 70119. It is one of 824 churches in New Orleans, and one of 44 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
2916 Paris Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70119Phone: (504) 945-8750
Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 578 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Louisiana — 18,926 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 25.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Depression: 27.2%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
- Poverty Rate: 16.6% (9.5–23.7%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.1–20.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 9 census tracts near this church.
New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.
Churches near Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church
- Faith Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Triumphant Congregational Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Temple Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- One Hope Church — 0.4 mi away
- Tulane Memorial Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia Jesus Amor — 0.6 mi away
- Fairview Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lawless Chapel — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Corpus Christi-Epiphany Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 1 mi away
- St. Ann's Shrine — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Peter Claver Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
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