Diocese of Victoria in Texas
Diocese of Victoria in Texas | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston |
Diocesan bishop | Brendan Cahill |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | David Eugene Fellhauer |
founding | 1982 |
surface | 23,573 km² |
Parishes | 50 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Residents | 266,549 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 106,441 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 39.9% |
Diocesan priest | 55 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious priest | 8 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,690 |
Permanent deacons | 23 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Friars | 9 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 113 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Our Lady of Victory Cathedral |
Website | www.victoriadiocese.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Victoria in Texas ( Latin : Dioecesis Victoriensis in Texia ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Texas in the United States , with its seat in Victoria .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it on April 13, 1982 from cession of the dioceses of Corpus Christi and Galveston - Houston and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Antonio as a suffragan diocese.
On December 29, 2004, it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston.
territory
The Diocese of Victoria in Texas includes the counties of Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria e Wharton. of the state of Texas. It also includes part of Fayette County south of the Colorado River.
Bishops of Victoria in Texas
- Charles Victor Grahmann (April 13, 1982 - December 9, 1989, then Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas )
- David Eugene Fellhauer (April 7, 1990 - April 23, 2015)
- Brendan Cahill (since April 23, 2015)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Victoria in Texas at catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Victoria in Texas on gcatholic.org (English)