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Diocese of Victoria in Texas

Dioecesis Victoriensis in Texia



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Bishop(s)

  • Brendan John Cahill, Bishop
  • David Eugene Fellhauer, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 April 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 25,513 (9,854 Square Miles)
  • Description: Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, and Wharton counties and those parts of Colorado and Fayette counties which lie west of the Colorado River
  • Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: VIC
  • Official Web Site: http://www.victoriadiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 1505 E. Mesquite Lane, Victoria, TX 77901, USA
  • Telephone: (361)573-0828
  • Fax: 827-7174

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 April 1982ErectedDiocese 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)
29 December 2004Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Victoria in Texas (from San Antonio)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990117,000228,18351.3%5616721,625121815449ap1991
1999108,562255,27642.5%5610661,64420113850ap2000
2000108,562255,27642.5%5810681,596201013850ap2001
2001108,562255,27642.5%568641,696181012050ap2002
2002108,884261,32341.7%569651,675251012150ap2003
2003107,937211,99650.9%598671,611231011550ap2004
2004106,441266,54939.9%558631,68923911350ap2005
2010116,049284,00040.9%537601,9343588550ap2011
2014119,600292,22940.9%557621,9293988050ap2015
2017104,730292,22935.8%652671,5633927950ap2018
202096,350297,84032.3%69691,396377650ap2021
202297,000299,00032.4%74741,310515263ap2023

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 74, Page 670, to Page 672
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 97, Page 129, and Page 130

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