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Diocese of Tulsa

Tulsen(sis)

The Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma is a Latin Church diocese covering eastern Oklahoma, erected in 1972 from the territory of present-day Oklahoma City. David A. Konderla has served as bishop since 2016.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
13 December 1972
Latin
Tulsen(sis)
Patron
Holy Family
Annuario code
001000016

The see in figures

Catholics
56,094
Population
1,745,057
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
3.2%
Priests
122
Catholics per priest
460
Extent
68,420 km²
Catholics per km²
0.8

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 A. Konderla
Born
3 June 1960
Birthplace
Bryan

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

Holy Family Cathedral stands in Tulsa, 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 Oklahoma City

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Eastern Oklahoma in the United States is served by the Diocese of Tulsa, also called the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma (Latin: Dioecesis Tulsensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa is its mother church, and the diocese is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. As of 2026 the bishop is David Konderla.

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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.