Archdiocese of San Antonio
Sancti Antonii
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Antonio, Texas, United States
The Archdiocese of San Antonio is a Latin Church metropolitan see in south-central Texas, erected as a diocese in 1874 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1926. It is the metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio and seated at San Fernando Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 August 1874
- Latin
- Sancti Antonii
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002869
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,160,000
- Population
- 2,798,718
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 41.4%
- Priests
- 144
- Catholics per priest
- 8,056
- Extent
- 72,108 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Archbishop
- Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S.
- Born
- 21 December 1956
- Birthplace
- San Luis Potosí
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO (M.Sp.S.)
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
San Fernando Cathedral stands in San Antonio, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmarilloAmarillo
- 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
Spanning 27,841 square miles (72,110 km2) of the U.S. state of Texas, the Archdiocese of San Antonio (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. In 2025 its population stood at 1,148,253.
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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.