Diocese of Dallas
Dallasen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dallas, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Dallas is a Latin Church diocese in north Texas, erected in 1890. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1890
- Latin
- Dallasen(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001265
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,321,189
- Population
- 4,416,574
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 29.9%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 9,049
- Extent
- 19,475 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
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
- Edward J. Burns
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
Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands in Dallas, 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 AmarilloAmarillo
- 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
Founded in 1890, the Diocese of Dallas (Latin: Diœcesis Dallasensis) serves North Texas in the United States as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Its mother church is the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dallas, and Edward J. Burns is its 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.