Diocese of Las Vegas
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Diocesan bishop | George Leo Thomas |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Anthony Pepe |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 103,189 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,100,179 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 747.236 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 35.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,896 |
| Permanent deacons | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Guardian Angel Cathedral |
| Website | www.lasvegas-diocese.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas ( Latin Dioecesis Campensis , English Diocese of Las Vegas ) is in Nevada in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Las Vegas .
history
Pope John Paul II established it on March 21, 1995 by splitting the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas into the Diocese of Reno and Diocese of Las Vegas and made it subject to the Archdiocese of San Francisco as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Las Vegas includes the counties of Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine of the state of Nevada.
Bishops of Las Vegas
- Daniel Francis Walsh , March 21, 1995-11. April 2000, then Bishop of Santa Rosa, California
- Joseph Anthony Pepe , April 6, 2001-28. February 2018
- George Leo Thomas , since February 28, 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Las Vegas on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Las Vegas on Giga-Catholic (English)
Cathedral : Guardian Angel in Las Vegas