Diocese of Victoria in Texas
Victorien(sis) in Texia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Victoria, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Victoria in Texas is a Latin Church diocese in southern Texas, erected in 1982 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Brendan J. Cahill has served as bishop since his appointment in 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 April 1982
- Latin
- Victorien(sis) in Texia
- Patron
- Our Lady of Victory
- Annuario code
- 001000100
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 106,441
- Population
- 284,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 37.5%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 1,365
- Extent
- 24,887 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Brendan J. Cahill
- Born
- 28 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Coral Gables
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 Our Lady of Victory stands in Victoria, 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 TylerTyler
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Texas is home to the Diocese of Victoria in Texas (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis in Texia), whose mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory. A suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the diocese is led by Bishop Brendan J. Cahill.
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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.