Diocese of Beaumont
Bellomonten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Beaumont, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Beaumont, erected in 1966, serves southeastern Texas. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and is led by Bishop David L. Toups.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 June 1966
- Latin
- Bellomonten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001000864
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 71,000
- Population
- 630,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 11.3%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 1,203
- Extent
- 20,404 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
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
- David L. Toups
- Born
- 26 March 1971
- Birthplace
- Seattle
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
Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica stands in Beaumont, 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 AustinAustin
- 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
Nine counties in Texas fall under the Diocese of Beaumont (Latin: Dioecesis Bellomontensis), a Catholic see in the United States that is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica is its cathedral church.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.