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Diocese of Beaumont

Dioecesis Bellomontensis



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Bishop(s)

  • David Leon Toups, Bishop
  • Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 June 1966
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 20,389 (7,875 Square Miles)
  • Description: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, and Tyler Counties.
  • Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: BEA
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dioceseofbmt.org
  • Mailing Address: 710 Archie St., Beaumont, TX 77701-2802; P.O. Box 3948, Beaumont, TX 77704, USA
  • Telephone: (409)924-4304
  • Fax: 924-4329

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 June 1966ErectedDiocese of Galveston-Houston (Counties of : Angelina Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdokes, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler, and parts of Chambers and Liberty, and the bays of Trinity Bay and Galveston Bay) Diocese of Beaumont (erected)
12 December 1986Territory LostDiocese of Beaumont (Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby)
Diocese of Dallas (Bowie, Camp, Gass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins. Iamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood)
Diocese of Galveston-Houston (Anderson, Freestone, Houston, Leon, and Trinity)
Diocese of Tyler (erected)
29 December 2004Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Beaumont (from San Antonio)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196683,605568,99214.7%4228701,19432ap1967
197091,200571,52316.0%4638841,0854117334ap1971
197677,347586,59813.2%5330839313711741ap1977
198083,973601,00014.0%4734811,03663612144ap1981
199086,919538,40016.1%4922711,22415236352ap1991
199987,604577,66415.2%5022721,2163135344ap2000
200088,625582,62515.2%4826741,19730295044ap2001
200195,397588,26516.2%4428721,32430313944ap2002
200294,037588,26516.0%4528731,28830294544ap2003
200394,780596,99215.9%4425691,37330264644ap2004
200489,345599,13914.9%4818661,35332193845ap2005
200680,194603,64813.3%4722691,16232242845ap2007
201279,516630,00012.6%4423671,18632232244ap2013
201574,100633,00011.7%4226681,08938271644ap2016
201873,348636,45511.5%4022621,18345241644ap2019
202079,624645,90212.3%4226681,17044272042ap2021
202283,000650,88212.8%3326591,40640272147ap2023

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 58, Page 1,123, and Page 1,124
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 97, Page 129, and Page 130

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