Country United States Metropolitan Gustavo Garcia-Siller Denomination Roman Catholic Cathedral Cathedral of San Agustin | Ecclesiastical province San Antonio Population
- Catholics 222,250 (74.5%) Phone +1 956-727-2140 Bishop James Anthony Tamayo | |
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Territory Counties of Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata, and Zavala Address 1201 Corpus Christi St, Laredo, TX 78040, USA Hours Closed now Tuesday9AM–6PMWednesday9AM–6PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–6PMSuggest an edit Similar Holy Redeemer Church, St Augustine High Sch, Our Lady of Guadalupe School, St John Neumann Catholic, Calvary Catholic Cemetery Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Laredanus) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Laredo, Texas. It was founded on July 3, 2000. The San Agustin Cathedral is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Laredo. James Anthony Tamayo is the current bishop of the Diocese. It covers an area of 10,905 sq. mi. and has 289,415 members. It has 52 priests, 32 deacons, 32 parishes, and 17 missions.
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History
On July 3, 2000, the Diocese of Laredo was created by Pope John Paul II , under Auxiliary Bishop James Anthony Tamayo, from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the First Bishop of Laredo. The Laredo diocese included portions of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, namely the counties of Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata, and Zavala. On August 9, 2000, the Apostolic Letters erecting the diocese and installing Bishop Tamayo were formally read by the Apostolic Nuncio in the presence of 25 bishops, over 200 priests, 50 deacons and 3000 other faithful who gathered for the occasion at the Laredo Civic Center.
Parishes
Parishes of the Diocese of Laredo that were formerly part of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. In the order of their founding, they are: