Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of San Antonio | |||
28 August 1874 | Erected | Diocese of Galveston | Vicariate Apostolic of Brownsville (erected) (From the Nueces River to the Rio Grande River)
Diocese of San Antonio (erected) (From the Colorado River to the Nunes River) |
3 March 1914 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dallas (El Paso and Gulberson)
Diocese of San Antonio (St. Anthony (Presidio), Jeff Davis, Reeves, Brewster, Terrell, Pecos, Grane, Ward, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Andrews, and Gaines) Diocese of Tucson (Grant, Luna, Doña Ana, Otero, Eddy, and part of Sierra) | Diocese of El Paso (erected) |
3 August 1926 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dallas (Dollam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchison, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb,...)
Diocese of El Paso (Gaines, Andrews, Ector, and Crane) Diocese of San Antonio (Martin, Howard, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Upton, Reagan, Irion, Tom Green, Concho, Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, Sutton, Kimble, one-half of Mitchell and Coke, and one-eighth of Runnels) | Diocese of Amarillo (erected) |
Archdiocese of San Antonio | |||
3 August 1926 | Elevated | Diocese of San Antonio | Archdiocese of San Antonio |
15 November 1947 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dallas (Coleman, Brown, Mills, and Hamilton)
Diocese of Galveston (Lampasas, Coryeli, McLenan, Limestone, Bell, Falls, Robertson, Williamson, Milam, Brazos, Lee, Burleson, Washington, Austin along with parts of Burnet, Colorado, Fayette, Bastrop, and Travis) Archdiocese of San Antonio (McCulloch, St. Saba, Mason, Llano, Blanco, Rays, and Caldwell along with parts of Burnet, Trams, and Bastrop) | Diocese of Austin (erected) |
13 April 1982 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corpus Christi (Goliad County)
Diocese of Galveston-Houston (Parts of Matagorda and Wharton Counties) Archdiocese of San Antonio (Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria Counties and parts of Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties) | Diocese of Victoria in Texas (erected) |
3 July 2000 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Corpus Christi (Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, and half of La Salle County)
Archdiocese of San Antonio (Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit and half of La Salle County) | Diocese of Laredo (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of San Antonio | ||||||||||||
1950 | 259,908 | 725,000 | 35.8% | 133 | 174 | 307 | 846 | 261 | 1,070 | 106 | ap1951 | |
1966 | 507,439 | 1,222,589 | 41.5% | 214 | 224 | 438 | 1,158 | 355 | 1,193 | 142 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 533,119 | 1,288,125 | 41.4% | 204 | 211 | 415 | 1,284 | 412 | 1,749 | 147 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 545,266 | 1,301,500 | 41.9% | 190 | 225 | 415 | 1,313 | 29 | 362 | 1,590 | 161 | ap1977 |
1980 | 575,245 | 1,376,074 | 41.8% | 180 | 263 | 443 | 1,298 | 76 | 434 | 1,500 | 168 | ap1981 |
1990 | 594,906 | 1,663,700 | 35.8% | 144 | 234 | 378 | 1,573 | 193 | 404 | 1,102 | 184 | ap1991 |
1999 | 673,026 | 1,890,760 | 35.6% | 151 | 222 | 373 | 1,804 | 254 | 91 | 939 | 144 | ap2000 |
2000 | 616,000 | 1,802,000 | 34.2% | 175 | 208 | 383 | 1,608 | 186 | 341 | 969 | 136 | ap2001 |
2001 | 679,712 | 1,949,506 | 34.9% | 161 | 257 | 418 | 1,626 | 284 | 384 | 919 | 144 | ap2002 |
2002 | 640,186 | 1,906,519 | 33.6% | 162 | 188 | 350 | 1,829 | 298 | 310 | 865 | 138 | ap2003 |
2003 | 644,357 | 1,959,950 | 32.9% | 155 | 196 | 351 | 1,835 | 312 | 256 | 834 | 139 | ap2004 |
2004 | 667,667 | 1,979,732 | 33.7% | 167 | 198 | 365 | 1,829 | 313 | 313 | 801 | 139 | ap2005 |
2010 | 702,547 | 2,315,988 | 30.3% | 174 | 295 | 469 | 1,497 | 352 | 318 | 726 | 144 | ap2011 |
2014 | 728,001 | 2,458,351 | 29.6% | 132 | 177 | 309 | 2,355 | 343 | 310 | 673 | 139 | ap2015 |
2016 | 758,812 | 2,604,607 | 29.1% | 144 | 190 | 334 | 2,271 | 360 | 291 | 669 | 139 | ap2017 |
2017 | 764,244 | 2,622,403 | 29.1% | 148 | 181 | 329 | 2,322 | 386 | 258 | 669 | 139 | ap2018 |
2020 | 1,216,499 | 3,220,262 | 37.8% | 161 | 70 | 231 | 5,266 | 330 | 166 | 658 | 139 | ap2021 |
2022 | 1,148,253 | 2,770,273 | 41.4% | 146 | 70 | 216 | 5,315 | 250 | 219 | 530 | 170 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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