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Diocese of San Angelo

Angelian(us)

The Diocese of San Angelo is a Latin Church diocese in west-central Texas, erected in 1961. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Antonio and seated at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
16 October 1961
Latin
Angelian(us)
Patron
Saint Michael the Archangel
Annuario code
001002868

The see in figures

Catholics
119,935
Population
810,896
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
14.8%
Priests
63
Catholics per priest
1,904
Extent
96,914 km²
Catholics per km²
1.2

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
Michael J. Sis

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 of the Sacred Heart stands in San Angelo, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Central and West Texas in the United States form the territory of the Diocese of San Angelo (Latin: Dioecesis Angeliana, Spanish: Diócesis de San Angelo), a Catholic diocese and suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Its bishop is Michael J. Sis.

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Sources

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.