Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio

Archdiocese of San Antonio
Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii

The coat of arms of the archdiocese
Location
Country United States
Territory City of San Antonio and the following counties: Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Uvalde, Kinney, Medina, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Frio, Atascosa, and McMullen.
Ecclesiastical province Province of San Antonio
Statistics
Area 27,841 sq mi (72,110 km2)
Population
- Catholics
702,547[1] (30.3%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established August 28, 1874
Cathedral San Fernando Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller
Emeritus Bishops Patrick Fernández Flores
Thomas Flanagan
Map
Website
archsa.org
San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio

The Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio (Roman Rite) encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km2) in the US state of Texas.

The archdiocese includes the city of San Antonio and the following counties: Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Uvalde, Kinney, Medina, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Frio, Atascosa, and the portion of McMullen north of the Nueces River.[2]

On August 28, 1874, the Catholic Diocese of Galveston was divided and the northern territory was canonically erected by the Holy See as the diocese of San Antonio. Originally part of the Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans, it was subsequently elevated on August 3, 1926, to a metropolitan archdiocese.

The archbishop of San Antonio also serves as the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of San Antonio with the Archdiocese of San Antonio overseeing the following suffragan dioceses: Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock, and San Angelo. All of Texas' dioceses had been suffragan sees under San Antonio until December 2004 when Pope John Paul II created the new Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston and elevated the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to a Metropolitan See.

History of diocese

The Archdiocese of San Antonio was erected as a diocese on August 28, 1874, under the then Diocese of Galveston.[3] It was elevated to an archdiocese on August 3, 1926.[3] As of 2010, it has 139 parishes, 34 missions and two pastoral centers.[4]

With the appointment of Archbishop José Horacio Gómez as the Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, its cathedral was considered sede vacante until October 14, 2010.[3]

On October 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Gustavo Garcia-Siller as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.[5]

Ordinaries

The following are lists of bishops, archbishops, and auxiliary bishops and their years of service.

Diocese of San Antonio

Archdiocese of San Antonio

Auxiliary Bishops

Education

Universities

High schools

Former schools

Province of San Antonio

See List of the Catholic bishops of the United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.archsa.org/fast_facts.aspx
  2. ↑ Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini, Part 1. P.J. Kenedy, 2005. p. 1195. Retrieved from Google Books on October 6, 2012. "The San Antonio Archdiocese comprises Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, McMullen (that part of McMullen County north of the Nueces River), Medina, Real, Uvalde, Vol Verde and Wilson."
  3. 1 2 3 "Archdiocese of San Antonio Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio. 2010-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Fast Facts". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio. 2010-04-06.
  5. ↑ http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2010/10-179E.shtml
  6. ↑ "Pope Names San Antonio Archbishop José Gomez Coadjutor Archbishop Of Los Angeles". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2010-04-06.
  7. ↑ "POPE APPOINTS COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP FOR LOS ANGELES". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 2010-04-02.

Coordinates: 29°25′29″N 98°29′39″W / 29.4246°N 98.4942°W / 29.4246; -98.4942

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