Established February 24, 1987 Phone +1 903-534-1077 | Population- Catholics 55,934 (4.7%) | |
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Territory 33 counties in Eastern Texas Address 1015 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701, USA Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston, Tyler Similar Cathedral of the Immacula, St Mary Magdelene Catholic, Catholic Diocese, St Peter Claver Catholic, St Peter Claver Catholic Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler (Latin: Dioecesis Tylerensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. The episcopal see is Tyler, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler is its mother church. The Diocese of Tyler is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
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History
The diocese was founded on December 12, 1986, and erected on February 24, 1987.
Ordinaries
The list of bishops of the diocese and their terms of service:
- Charles Edwin Herzig (1986–1991)
- Edmond Carmody (1992–2000)
- Álvaro Corrada del Río (2000–2011)
- Joseph E. Strickland (2012–Present)
Current Bishop of Tyler
On September 29, 2012, it was announced by the diocese's website, and by the Holy See – on the Vatican's Holy See Press Office Vatican Information Service (VIS) site – that Monsignor Joseph E. Strickland had been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tyler.
Bishop Strickland was consecrated bishop and installed on November 28, 2012, by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, the metropolitan see of the province which includes the Diocese of Tyler. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J., bishop of the Diocese of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico who was bishop-elect Strickland's predecessor as bishop of Tyler; and Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Strickland was Corrada's delegate when Corrada was serving as Apostolic Administrator during the sede vacante (vacant see) period.
Geography
The diocese comprises the following 33 counties in East and Northeast Texas:
The parishes of the diocese are grouped into six deaneries for administrative purposes: Northwest, West Central, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, East Central.