Diocese of Austin
Austinien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Austin, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Austin is a Latin Church diocese covering 25 counties of Central Texas, erected in 1947 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Bishop Daniel E. Garcia was installed as the sixth bishop in September 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1947
- Latin
- Austinien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000757
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 571,335
- Population
- 3,093,312
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.5%
- Priests
- 218
- Catholics per priest
- 2,621
- Extent
- 57,424 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.9
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
- Bishop
- Daniel E. Garcia
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 Cathedral stands in Austin, 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 Galveston-Houston
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Galveston-HoustonHouston
- Diocese of BeaumontBeaumont
- Diocese of BrownsvilleBrownsville
- Diocese of Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi
- Diocese of TylerTyler
- Diocese of Victoria in TexasVictoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Texas is served by the Diocese of Austin (Latin: Dioecesis Austiniensis), a Catholic see whose see city is Austin. It is a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Daniel E. Garcia holds the office of bishop of Austin as of 2026.
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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.