Diocese of El Paso
Diocese of El Paso | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Antonio |
Diocesan bishop | Mark Joseph Seitz |
founding | 1914 |
surface | 69,090 km² |
Parishes | 57 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 826.611 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 646.340 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 78.2% |
Diocesan priest | 73 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 49 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,298 |
Permanent deacons | 10 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Friars | 78 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 147 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
Website | www.elpasodiocese.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso ( lat. : Dioecesis Elpasensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in El Paso , Texas .
history
The diocese of El Paso was established on March 3, 1914 by Pope Pius X from cessions of territory from the dioceses of Dallas , San Antonio and Tucson . On October 16, 1961, the Diocese of El Paso gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of San Angelo . Another assignment of territory took place on August 17, 1982 to establish the diocese of Las Cruces .
The diocese of El Paso is subordinate to the Archdiocese of San Antonio as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of El Paso includes the state of Texas lying areas Brewster County , Culberson County , El Paso County , Hudspeth County , Jeff Davis County , Loving County , Presidio County , Reeves County , Ward County and Winkler County .
Bishops of El Paso
- John Brown SJ , 1915
- Anthony Joseph Schuler SJ, 1915–1942
- Sidney Matthew Metzger , 1942–1978
- Patrick Fernández Flores , 1978–1979, then Archbishop of San Antonio
- Raymundo Joseph Peña , 1980–1994, then Bishop of Brownsville
- Armando Xavier Ochoa , 1996–2011, then Bishop of Fresno
- Mark Joseph Seitz , since 2013