Archdiocese of San Antonio

Historical Details

• Diocese of San Antonio
  • Latin Name: Sancti Antonii
  • Erected: 28 August 1874
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer † (1 Sep 1874 Appointed - 14 Apr 1880 Died)
• John Claude Neraz † (18 Feb 1881 Appointed - 15 Nov 1894 Died)
• John Anthony Forest † (27 Aug 1895 Appointed - 11 Mar 1911 Died)
• John William Shaw † (11 Mar 1911 Succeeded - 25 Jan 1918 Appointed, Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (18 Jul 1918 Appointed - 8 Sep 1940 Died)
• Robert Emmet Lucey † (21 Jan 1941 Appointed - 23 May 1969 Retired)
• Francis James Furey † (23 May 1969 Appointed - 23 Apr 1979 Died)
• Patrick Fernández Flores † (23 Aug 1979 Appointed - 29 Dec 2004 Retired)
• José Horacio Gómez Velasco (29 Dec 2004 Appointed - 6 Apr 2010 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, California)
• Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (14 Oct 2010 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of San Antonio
1950	259,908	725,000	35.8%	133	174	307	846		261	1,070	106	ap1951
1966	507,439	1,222,589	41.5%	214	224	438	1,158		355	1,193	142	ap1967
1970	533,119	1,288,125	41.4%	204	211	415	1,284		412	1,749	147	ap1971
1976	545,266	1,301,500	41.9%	190	225	415	1,313	29	362	1,590	161	ap1977
1980	575,245	1,376,074	41.8%	180	263	443	1,298	76	434	1,500	168	ap1981
1990	594,906	1,663,700	35.8%	144	234	378	1,573	193	404	1,102	184	ap1991
1999	673,026	1,890,760	35.6%	151	222	373	1,804	254	91	939	144	ap2000
2000	616,000	1,802,000	34.2%	175	208	383	1,608	186	341	969	136	ap2001
2001	679,712	1,949,506	34.9%	161	257	418	1,626	284	384	919	144	ap2002
2002	640,186	1,906,519	33.6%	162	188	350	1,829	298	310	865	138	ap2003
2003	644,357	1,959,950	32.9%	155	196	351	1,835	312	256	834	139	ap2004
2004	667,667	1,979,732	33.7%	167	198	365	1,829	313	313	801	139	ap2005
2010	702,547	2,315,988	30.3%	174	295	469	1,497	352	318	726	144	ap2011
2014	728,001	2,458,351	29.6%	132	177	309	2,355	343	310	673	139	ap2015
2016	758,812	2,604,607	29.1%	144	190	334	2,271	360	291	669	139	ap2017
2017	764,244	2,622,403	29.1%	148	181	329	2,322	386	258	669	139	ap2018

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Gerald Richard Barnes (Priest: 20 Dec 1975 to 28 Jan 1992)
• Michael Joseph Boulette (Deacon: 12 Jan 1975; Priest: 19 Mar 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 2017)
• Oscar Cantú (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Apr 2008 to 10 Jan 2013; Apostolic Administrator: 26 May 2010 to 14 Oct 2010)
• Edmond Carmody (Priest: 8 Jun 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Nov 1988 to 24 Mar 1992)
• José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo (Priest: 1 Jun 1996 to 18 Apr 2011)
• Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (Archbishop: 14 Oct 2010 - )
• José Horacio Gómez Velasco (Archbishop: 29 Dec 2004 to 6 Apr 2010)
• Gary Wayne Janak (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Feb 2021)
• Raymundo Joseph Peña (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 1976 to 29 Apr 1980)
• Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Oct 1981 to 17 Aug 1982)
• John Walter Yanta (Priest: 17 Mar 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Oct 1994 to 21 Jan 1997)
• Patrick James Zurek (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 1998 to 3 Jan 2008)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1918; Archbishop: 3 Aug 1926 to 8 Sep 1940)
• Laurence Julius FitzSimon † (Priest: 17 May 1921 to 2 Aug 1941)
• Thomas Joseph Flanagan † (Priest: 10 Jun 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 1998 to 15 Dec 2005)
• Patrick Fernández Flores † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Mar 1970 to 4 Apr 1978; Archbishop: 23 Aug 1979 to 29 Dec 2004)
• John Anthony Forest † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1895 to 11 Mar 1911)
• Francis James Furey † (Archbishop: 23 May 1969 to 23 Apr 1979)
• Joseph Anthony Galante † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Oct 1992 to 5 Apr 1994)
• Mariano Simon Garriga † (Priest: 2 Jul 1911 to 20 Jun 1936)
• Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jul 1975 to 30 Jun 1982)
• Charles Victor Grahmann † (Priest: 17 Mar 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 1981 to 13 Apr 1982)
• Charles Edwin Herzig † (Priest: 31 May 1955 to 12 Dec 1986)
• Stephen Aloysius Leven † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1955 to 20 Oct 1969)
• Robert Emmet Lucey † (Archbishop: 21 Jan 1941 to 23 May 1969)
• Sidney Matthew Metzger † (Priest: 3 Apr 1926 to 27 Dec 1939)
• John Louis Morkovsky † (Priest: 5 Dec 1933 to 22 Dec 1955)
• John Claude Neraz † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1881 to 15 Nov 1894)
• Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer † (Bishop: 1 Sep 1874 to 14 Apr 1880)
• Bernard Ferdinand Popp † (Priest: 24 Feb 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1983 to 23 Mar 1993)
• John William Shaw † (Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Feb 1910; Bishop: 11 Mar 1911 to 25 Jan 1918)