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Most of the French colonizing Louisiana were Catholic, and when they were founding Louisiana they named the "counties" parishes instead, after the Catholic religion. If you attend a Catholic church, you may hear the priest refer to to "our parish."

Louisiana Parishes:

  • Acadia
  • Allen
  • Ascension
  • Assumption
  • Avoyelles
  • Beauregard
  • Bienville
  • Bossier
  • Caddo
  • Calcasieu
  • Caldwell
  • Cameron
  • Catahoula
  • Claiborne
  • Concordia
  • De Soto
  • East Baton Rouge
  • East Carroll
  • East Feliciana
  • Evangeline
  • Franklin
  • Grant
  • Iberia
  • Iberville
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Jefferson Davis
  • La Salle
  • Lafayette
  • Lafourche
  • Lincoln
  • Livingston
  • Madison
  • Morehouse
  • Natchitoches
  • Orleans
  • Ouachita
  • Plaquemines
  • Pointe Coupee
  • Rapides
  • Red River
  • Richland
  • Sabine
  • St Bernard
  • St Charles
  • St Helena
  • St James
  • St John the Baptist
  • St Landry
  • St Martin
  • St Mary
  • St Tammany
  • Tangipahoa
  • Tensas
  • Terrebonne
  • Union
  • Vermilion
  • Vernon
  • Washington
  • Webster
  • West Baton Rouge
  • West Carroll
  • West Feliciana
  • Winn


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