Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville
Diocese of Brownsville Dioecesis Brownsvillensis Diócesis de Brownsville | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Starr, Willacy, Hidalgo, and Cameron counties in Southern Texas |
Ecclesiastical province | Galveston-Houston |
Metropolitan | Daniel DiNardo |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,226 sq mi (10,950 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 1,264,091 1,074,477 (85.0%) |
Parishes | 69 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 10, 1965 |
Cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Daniel E. Flores |
Auxiliary Bishops | Mario Alberto Avilés |
Emeritus Bishops | Raymundo Joseph Peña |
Map | |
Website | |
cdob.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Latin: Dioecesis Brownsvillensis, Spanish: Diócesis de Brownsville) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, in Texas, USA.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Brownsville, Texas
It also has a Minor Basilica& National Shrine: Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle - National Shrine in San Juan, Texas.
Contents
1 History
2 Statistics
3 Episcopal ordinaries
3.1 Bishops of Brownsville
3.2 Coadjutor Bishop
3.3 Auxiliary Bishop
3.4 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
4 Catholic Education
4.1 Middle and elementary schools
4.2 High schools
5 Public broadcasting
6 See also
7 References
8 Sources and external links
History
- Founded on 1874.08.28 as Apostolic Vicariate of Brownsville / Brownsvillen(sis) (Latin), of territory split off from the then Diocese of Galveston.
- Suppressed on 1912.03.23, its territory being reassigned to establish the Diocese of Corpus Christi (also Texan)
- Restored (and promoted) on 10 July 1965 as Diocese of Brownsville / Brovnsvillen(sis) (Latin), regaining its territory from the above Diocese of Corpus Christi.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,090,000 Catholics (85.0% of 1,283,000 total) on 111,125 km² in 71 parishes, 3 missions, 118 priests (85 diocesan, 33 religious), 92 deacons, 140 lay religious (52 brothers, 88 sisters), 18 seminarians.
The Diocese has the highest percentage of Catholics to total diocese population in the United States: as of 2006 there were 943,611 Catholics among a total population of 1,110,130, or 85.0%.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries
Bishops of Brownsville
Adolph Marx (1965)[2]
Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1966-1970), appointed Archbishop of Boston (elevated to Cardinal in 1973)
John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1971-1991)
Enrique San Pedro, S.J. (1991-1994)
Raymundo Joseph Peña (1994-2009)
Daniel E. Flores (2009-present)
Coadjutor Bishop
Enrique San Pedro, S.J. (1991)
Auxiliary Bishop
Mario Alberto Avilés, C.O. (2018-present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Joseph Patrick Delaney, appointed Bishop of Worth in 1981
Catholic Education
Middle and elementary schools
The diocese operates the following schools:
Guadalupe Regional Middle School, 6-8 (Brownsville);
St. Joseph's School, PK-8 (Edinburg);
St. Mary's School, PK-6 (Brownsville);
St. Luke's School, PK-8 (Brownsville);
Our Lady of Sorrows School, PK-8 (McAllen);
St. Anthony's School, PK-8 (Harlingen);
Incarnate Word School, PK-8 (Brownsville);
St. Martin de Porras School, PK-3 (Weslaco);
Oratory Academy, PK-8 (Pharr);
Our Lady of Guadalupe School, PK-6 (Mission);
Immaculate Conception School, PK-8 (Rio Grande City).
High schools
Oratory Athenaeum for University Preparation, Pharr
Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville
Juan Diego Academy, Mission.
Public broadcasting
The diocese's radio and television stations are operated under the license name of RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.[3]
KMBH (TV) DT 38 - PBS-member station
KJJF 88.9 FM and KHID 88.1 FM - NPR-member stations
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in the United States
References
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Sources and external links
- GCatholic, with Google map - data for most sections
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville Official Site
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Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′04″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W / 25.93028; -97.48444