Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas
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For the diocese of the Episcopal Church, see Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
The Diocese of Dallas (Latin: Diœcesis Dallasensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in North Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
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Diocese of Dallas Diœcesis Dallasensis | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | |
Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Ecclesiastical region | Region X |
Ecclesiastical province | San Antonio |
Coordinates | 32°46′57″N 96°47′51″W |
Statistics | |
Area | 19,475 km2 (7,519 sq mi)[1] |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 4,416,574[lower-alpha 1] 1,321,189[lower-alpha 1] (29.9%) |
Parishes | 69[lower-alpha 1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 15, 1890; 133 years ago (July 15, 1890) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe |
Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus[2] |
Secular priests | 146, plus 84 religious priests[lower-alpha 1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edward J. Burns |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio |
Auxiliary Bishops | J. Gregory Kelly |
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The diocese was founded on July 15, 1890. The mother church is the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas. Since 2016, the bishop is Edward J. Burns.[3]