Diocese of Tyler
| Diocese of Tyler | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Strickland |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 59,472 km² |
| Parishes | 51 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,419,820 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 122,541 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 8.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 95 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,190 |
| Friars | 8 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | www.dioceseoftyler.org |
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The Diocese of Tyler ( Latin : Dioecesis Tylerensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its seat in the Texan city of Tyler .
It was built on December 12, 1986 from areas of the dioceses of Beaumont , Dallas and Galveston-Houston . It was initially under the Archdiocese of San Antonio as a suffragan diocese . Since December 29, 2004 it has been part of the newly created ecclesiastical province of Galveston-Houston.
It includes Anderson , Angelina , Bowie , Camp , Cass , Cherokee , Delta , Franklin , Freestone , Gregg , Harrison , Henderson , Hopkins , Houston , Lamar , Leon , Madison , Marion , Morris , Nacogdoches , Panola , Rains , Red River Counties , Rusk , Sabine , San Augustine , Shelby , Smith , Titus , Trinity , Upshur , Van Zandt and Wood .
Bishops
- Charles Edwin Herzig (December 12, 1986– September 7, 1991)
- Edmond Carmody (March 24, 1992– February 3, 2000, then Bishop of Corpus Christi)
- Álvaro Corrada del Rio SJ (December 5, 2000– July 6, 2011, then Bishop of Mayagüez )
- Joseph Strickland , since September 29, 2012
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Tyler (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Tyler on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 6, 2011.
