Archdiocese of San Antonio
Archdiocese of San Antonio | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Diocesan bishop | Gustavo García-Siller MSpS |
Auxiliary bishop | Michael Boulette |
Vicar General | Lawrence J. Stuebben |
surface | 60,036 km² |
Parishes | 139 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Residents | 2,458,351 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics | 728.001 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
proportion of | 29.6% |
Diocesan priest | 132 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious priest | 177 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,356 |
Permanent deacons | 343 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Friars | 310 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 673 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | San Fernando Cathedral |
address | 2718 W. Woodlawn Ave. PO Box 28410 San Antonio TX 78228-0410 |
Website | www.archsa.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Amarillo Diocese of Dallas Diocese of El Paso Diocese of Fort Worth Diocese of Laredo Diocese of Lubbock Diocese of San Angelo |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Archdiocese of San Antonio ( Latin : Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in San Antonio , Texas , USA .
history
The Diocese of San Antonio was detached from the Diocese of Galveston as an independent diocese on August 28, 1874 . Belonging to the Archdiocese of New Orleans as an ecclesiastical province, there were some areas for the new Diocese of El Paso on March 3, 1914, and on August 3, 1926 to establish the Diocese of Amarillo . On August 3, 1926, San Antonio was simultaneously raised to the archbishopric, whose ecclesiastical province today includes the dioceses of Dallas , Fort Worth , Laredo , Lubbock and the diocese of San Angelo . On November 15, 1947 there were further areas from the new diocese of Austin , so that in 1950 there were 259,908 (35.8%) Catholics in 106 parishes with 133 diocesan priests , 174 religious priests and 1,070 religious sisters . After an area surrender to the new diocese of Victoria in Texas on April 13, 1982 and the areas of Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit and half of La Salle County to the new diocese of Laredo again on July 3, 2000 , the number in 2003 was 644,357 (32.9%) Catholics on 72,081 km² in 139 parishes with 155 diocesan and 196 religious priests, 312 deacons and 834 religious sisters.
Bishops of San Antonio
- Anthony Dominic Pellicer (1874-1880)
- John Neraz (1881-1894)
- John Anthony Forest (1895-1911)
- John William Shaw (1911–1918, then Archbishop of New Orleans )
Archbishops of San Antonio
- Arthur Jerome Drossaerts (1918–1940)
- Robert Emmet Lucey (1941-1969)
- Francis James Furey (1969–1979)
- Patrick Fernández Flores (1979-2004)
- José Horacio Gómez (2004–2010, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles )
- Gustavo García-Siller MSpS (since 2010)
The Archbishop of San Antonio is assisted by an auxiliary bishop to fulfill his episcopal duties .