Country United States Parishes 123 Bishop Joe S. Vásquez Phone +1 512-949-2400 | Metropolitan Austin, TX Area 57,424 km² Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral | |
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Territory Counties of Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson Counties and the part of Fayette County north of the Colorado River Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2016)
3,093,312
571,335 (18.5%) Address 6225 E Hwy 290, Austin, TX 78723, USA Similar St Austin Catholic Parish, Saint Louis King of France C, St Mary Cathedral, St Theresa's Catholic, San Jose Catholic Church Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin (Latin: Dioecesis Austiniensis) includes 123 parishes and missions and six university Catholic student centers in 25 counties in Central Texas. The diocese stretches from West, Texas, (just north of Waco) in the north to San Marcos in the south to the Bryan - College Station area in the east to Mason in the west. Its largest metropolitan areas are Austin, Bryan – College Station, the Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood area and Waco. The diocese estimates over 571,000 Catholics live in the diocese (2016 estimate). As of 2016, it has 226 priests (183 active, 43 retired), 207 permanent deacons (168 active, 39 retired), approximately 43 brothers and 86 sisters serving in the diocese.
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History
Pope Pius XII established the diocese on November 15, 1947. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Pope Benedict XVI announced on January 26, 2010, that he selected Joe S. Vazquez, previously auxiliary bishop and Vicar General/Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston as bishop for the Diocese of Austin. On January 21, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Rev. Daniel E. Garcia as the first auxiliary bishop in the history of the diocese. At the time of his appointment Fr. Garcia was serving as Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia.
Diocesan bishops
The list of bishops and their terms of service:
- Louis Joseph Reicher (29 Nov 1947 Appointed – 15 Nov 1971 Retired)
- Vincent Madeley Harris (15 Nov 1971 Succeeded – 25 Feb 1985 Resigned)
- John E. McCarthy (19 Dec 1985 Appointed – 2 Jan 2001 Retired)
- Gregory Michael Aymond (2 Jan 2001 Succeeded – 12 Jun 2009 Appointed, Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Joe S. Vásquez (26 January 2010 Appointed – present)
Auxiliary Bishops
Other bishops who were priests of this diocese
The diocesan coat of arms
The coat of arms of the diocese is based on an old coat of arms associated with early Austen or Austin families (in honor of Stephen F. Austin), adapted to express appropriate religious symbolism.
Parishes
This list is a list of all the parishes in the diocese.Other facilities
The diocese operates the Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in Belton, Texas.
High schools
Financial status
The Central Administrative Office of the Diocese had revenues of $40.7 million for the fiscal year ending June 2016.