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Diocese of Austin

Dioecesis Austiniensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joe Steve Vásquez, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 15 November 1947
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 54,561 (21,074 Square Miles)
  • Description: Mills, Hamilton, San Saba, Lampasas, Coryell, McLennan, Limestone, Bell, Falls, Robertson, Mason, Llano, Burnet, Williamson, Milam, Brazos, Blanco, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Burleson, Washington, Hays, and Caldwell Counties and the part of Fayette county north of the Colorado River.
  • Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: AUS
  • Official Web Site: http://www.austindiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: 6225 E. Highway 290 East SVRD EB, Austin, TX 78723-1025, USA
  • Telephone: (512)949-2401
  • Fax: 949-2524

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
15 November 1947ErectedDiocese of Dallas (Coleman, Brown, Mills, and Hamilton)
Diocese of Galveston (Lampasas, Coryeli, McLenan, Limestone, Bell, Falls, Robertson, Williamson, Milam, Brazos, Lee, Burleson, Washington, Austin along with parts of Burnet, Colorado, Fayette, Bastrop, and Travis)
Archdiocese of San Antonio (McCulloch, St. Saba, Mason, Llano, Blanco, Rays, and Caldwell along with parts of Burnet, Trams, and Bastrop)
Diocese of Austin (erected)
16 October 1961Territory LostDiocese of Amarillo (Counties of Kimble, Sutton, Crockett, Schleicher, Concho, Menard, Tom Green, Irion, Reagan, Upton, Crane, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Scurry, Fisher, and Stonewall)
Diocese of Austin (Counties of McCulloch, Brown, and Coleman)
Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth (Counties of Runnels, Callhan, Taylor, Jones, and Haskell)
Diocese of El Paso (Counties of Pecos and Terrei)
Diocese of San Angelo (erected)
29 December 2004Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Austin (from San Antonio)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195078,662810,6409.7%5642988026020555ap1951
1959117,512874,67713.4%8349132890161238109ap1960
1966129,825820,10915.8%976115882113024677ap1967
1970138,224835,37616.5%926816086312825378ap1971
1976139,080939,60014.8%92561489399721081ap1977
1980147,8671,029,90014.4%93511441,02658119084ap1981
1990210,4311,727,00012.2%103601631,29063104131126ap1991
1999350,0001,915,39218.3%117511682,0831493811895ap2000
2000350,0002,028,39117.3%116541702,058149108119126ap2001
2001400,0002,077,19219.3%124932171,84318196108127ap2002
2002400,1562,056,55019.5%126531792,23517798108126ap2003
2003401,5412,178,50718.4%140481882,13517396102127ap2004
2004401,8422,300,86317.5%157482051,96019197102101ap2005
2006422,0062,397,02817.6%155542092,019187104102125ap2007
2012518,9402,809,63618.5%176542302,2562109797101ap2013
2015558,3293,022,89718.5%160492092,6712139189102ap2016
2018598,2923,239,25918.5%164542182,7442359178102ap2019
2020625,2553,385,24818.5%177482252,7782527884102ap2021
2022692,6393,624,63219.1%168542223,1192378379100ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 40, Page 97, to Page 100
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 97, Page 129, and Page 130

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