Area 72,108 km² Phone +1 210-734-2620 | Population- Catholics 702,547 (30.3%) | |
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Territory City of San Antonio and the following counties: Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Uvalde, Kinney, Medina, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Frio, Atascosa, and McMullen. Ecclesiastical province Province of San Antonio Address 2718 W Woodlawn Ave, San Antonio, TX 78228, USA Hours Closing soon · 9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit | ||
The Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio (Roman Rite) encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km2) in the US state of Texas.
Contents
- History of diocese
- Ordinaries
- Diocese of San Antonio
- Archdiocese of San Antonio
- Auxiliary Bishops
- Universities
- High schools
- Former schools
- Province of San Antonio
- References
The archdiocese includes the city of San Antonio and the following counties: Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Uvalde, Kinney, Medina, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Frio, Atascosa, and the portion of McMullen north of the Nueces River.
On August 28, 1874, the Catholic Diocese of Galveston was divided and the northern territory was canonically erected by the Holy See as the diocese of San Antonio. Originally part of the Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans, it was subsequently elevated on August 3, 1926, to a metropolitan archdiocese.
The archbishop of San Antonio also serves as the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of San Antonio with the Archdiocese of San Antonio overseeing the following suffragan dioceses: Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock, and San Angelo. All of Texas' dioceses had been suffragan sees under San Antonio until December 2004 when Pope John Paul II created the new Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston and elevated the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to a Metropolitan See.
History of diocese
The Archdiocese of San Antonio was erected as a diocese on August 28, 1874, under the then Diocese of Galveston. It was elevated to an archdiocese on August 3, 1926. As of 2010, it has 139 parishes, 34 missions and two pastoral centers.
With the appointment of Archbishop José Horacio Gómez as the Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, its cathedral was considered sede vacante until October 14, 2010.
On October 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Gustavo Garcia-Siller as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
Ordinaries
The following are lists of bishops, archbishops, and auxiliary bishops and their years of service.
Diocese of San Antonio
Archdiocese of San Antonio
Auxiliary Bishops
Universities
High schools
Former schools
Province of San Antonio
See List of the Catholic bishops of the United States