Diocese of Baton Rouge Dioecesis Rubribaculensis | |
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 St. Joseph Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, 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 | 64 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 20, 1961 |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michael Gerard Duca |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregory Michael Aymond |
| Vicar General | Thomas Ranzino |
| Bishops emeritus | Robert William Muench |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| diobr.org | |
The Diocese of Baton Rouge (Latin Dioecesis Rubribaculensis; French Diocèse de Bâton-Rouge; Spanish: Diócesis de Baton Rouge), is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese in the Florida Parishes region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans. The current bishop is Michael Duca.
- ^ "Our Coat of Arms". Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge.