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Archdiocese of San Antonio

Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii



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Bishop(s)

  • Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S., Archbishop
  • Michael Joseph Boulette, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Gary Wayne Janak, Auxiliary Bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 3 August 1926
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 60,036 (23,188 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SAT
  • Official Web Site: http://www.archsa.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 2718 West Woodlawn Ave., San Antonio, TX 78228, USA
  • Telephone: (210)734-2620
  • Fax: 734-0708

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of San Antonio
28 August 1874ErectedDiocese of Galveston Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville (erected) (From the Nueces River to the Rio Grande River)
Diocese of San Antonio (erected) (From the Colorado River to the Nunes River)
3 March 1914Territory LostDiocese of Dallas
Diocese of San Antonio
Diocese of Tucson
Diocese of El Paso (erected)
3 August 1926Territory LostDiocese of Dallas (Dollam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchison, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb,...)
Diocese of El Paso (Gaines, Andrews, Ector, and Crane)
Diocese of San Antonio (Martin, Howard, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Upton, Reagan, Irion, Tom Green, Concho, Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, Sutton, Kimble, one-half of Mitchell and Coke, and one-eighth of Runnels)
Diocese of Amarillo (erected)
Archdiocese of San Antonio
3 August 1926ElevatedDiocese of San Antonio Archdiocese of San Antonio
15 November 1947Territory LostDiocese 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)
13 April 1982Territory LostDiocese of Corpus Christi (Goliad County)
Diocese of Galveston-Houston (Parts of Matagorda and Wharton Counties)
Archdiocese of San Antonio (Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria Counties and parts of Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties)
Diocese of Victoria in Texas (erected)
3 July 2000Territory LostDiocese of Corpus Christi (Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, and half of La Salle County)
Archdiocese of San Antonio (Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit and half of La Salle County)
Diocese of Laredo (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of San Antonio
1950259,908725,00035.8%1331743078462611,070106ap1951
1966507,4391,222,58941.5%2142244381,1583551,193142ap1967
1970533,1191,288,12541.4%2042114151,2844121,749147ap1971
1976545,2661,301,50041.9%1902254151,313293621,590161ap1977
1980575,2451,376,07441.8%1802634431,298764341,500168ap1981
1990594,9061,663,70035.8%1442343781,5731934041,102184ap1991
1999673,0261,890,76035.6%1512223731,80425491939144ap2000
2000616,0001,802,00034.2%1752083831,608186341969136ap2001
2001679,7121,949,50634.9%1612574181,626284384919144ap2002
2002640,1861,906,51933.6%1621883501,829298310865138ap2003
2003644,3571,959,95032.9%1551963511,835312256834139ap2004
2004667,6671,979,73233.7%1671983651,829313313801139ap2005
2010702,5472,315,98830.3%1742954691,497352318726144ap2011
2014728,0012,458,35129.6%1321773092,355343310673139ap2015
2016758,8122,604,60729.1%1441903342,271360291669139ap2017
2017764,2442,622,40329.1%1481813292,322386258669139ap2018
20201,216,4993,220,26237.8%161702315,266330166658139ap2021
20221,148,2532,770,27341.4%146702165,315250219530170ap2023

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


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