Diocese of Tyler
Tyleren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tyler, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Tyler is a Latin Church diocese in northeastern Texas, erected in 1987 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Gregory W. Kelly, previously an auxiliary bishop of Dallas, was named its fifth bishop in December 2024 and installed in February 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1986
- Latin
- Tyleren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000027
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 121,212
- Population
- 1,460,387
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 8.3%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 1,347
- Extent
- 60,720 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- J. Gregory Kelly
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 Immaculate Conception stands in Tyler, 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 BeaumontBeaumont
- Diocese of BrownsvilleBrownsville
- Diocese of Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi
- Diocese of Victoria in TexasVictoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern Texas in the United States forms the Diocese of Tyler (Latin: Dioecesis Tylerensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Tyler is the episcopal see, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception there serves as the mother church. The diocese is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
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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.