Diocese of San Angelo
| Diocese of San Angelo | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Antonio |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael Sis |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Michael David Pfeifer OMI |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 96,914 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 629,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 88,900 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 14.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 55 (31.12.2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,368 |
| Permanent deacons | 82 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 19 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.sanangelodiocese.org |
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The Diocese of San Angelo ( Latin : Dioecesis Angeliana ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Texas in the United States , with its seat in San Angelo . It includes Counties Andrews, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Martin, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Texas State Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green, and Upton.
history
Pope John XXIII founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Qui Dei Consilio on October 16, 1961 from cession of the dioceses of Amarillo , Austin , Dallas , Fort Worth and El Paso and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Antonio as a suffragan .
On March 25, 1983, it lost parts of its territory to the Diocese of Lubbock .
Bishops of San Angelo
- Thomas Joseph Drury (October 30, 1961 - July 19, 1965, then Bishop of Corpus Christi )
- Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe (January 12, 1966 - August 27, 1969, then Bishop of Dallas )
- Stephen Aloysius Leven (October 20, 1969 - April 24, 1979)
- Joseph Anthony Fiorenza (September 4, 1979 - December 6, 1984, then Bishop of Galveston-Houston )
- Michael David Pfeifer OMI (May 31, 1985– December 12, 2013)
- Michael Sis , since December 12, 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of San Angelo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of San Angelo on gcatholic.org (English)
