Diocese of Amarillo
Amarillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Amarillo, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Amarillo is a Latin Church diocese covering 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle, founded in 1926 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Following the retirement of Bishop Patrick J. Zurek in February 2026, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo serves as apostolic administrator pending appointment of a new bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 August 1926
- Latin
- Amarillen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Lawrence
- Annuario code
- 001000669
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,237
- Population
- 427,927
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 11.7%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 1,570
- Extent
- 66,822 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Daniel N. DiNardo (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 23 May 1949
- Birthplace
- Steubenville
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Amarillo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Antonio
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San AntonioSan Antonio
- Diocese of DallasDallas
- Diocese of El PasoEl Paso
- Diocese of Fort WorthFort Worth
- Diocese of LaredoLaredo
- Diocese of LubbockLubbock
- Diocese of San AngeloSan Angelo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Texas Panhandle region in the United States, the Catholic Diocese of Amarillo (Latin: Dioecesis Amarillensis) is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio. St. Mary's Cathedral in Amarillo serves as the mother church. The see is currently without a bishop.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.