Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio
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| San Antonio Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii |
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| Rite | Latin |
| Established | 1926 |
| Cathedral | San Fernando Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.archdiosa.org/ |
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| Diocesan Bishop | Archbishop José Horacio Gómez |
| Auxiliary bishops | Oscar Cantú |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km2) in Texas.
The archdiocese includes the city of San Antonio and the following counties: Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Uvalde, Kinney, Medina, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Maverick, Zavala, Frio, Atascosa, Dimmit, La Salle, and McMullen.
On August 28, 1874 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston was divided and the northern territory was canonically erected by the Holy See as the diocese of San Antonio. Originally part of the Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans, it was subsequently elevated on August 3, 1926 to a metropolitan archdiocese.
The archbishop of San Antonio also serves as the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of San Antonio, with oversight of the Texas suffragan sees of Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock and San Angelo.
Originally the archdiocese had more suffragans, but in December, 2004 Pope John Paul II created the new Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston and elevated the See of Galveston-Houston to a Metropolitan See.
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[edit] Ordinaries
[edit] Diocese of San Antonio
- Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer (2 Sep 1874 Appointed - 14 Apr 1880 Died)
- John Claude Neraz (18 Feb 1881 Appointed - 15 Nov 1894 Died)
- John Anthony Forest (27 Aug 1895 Appointed - 11 Mar 1911 Died)
- John William Shaw (11 Mar 1911 Succeeded - 25 Jan 1918 Appointed, Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Arthur Jerome Drossaerts (18 Jul 1918 Appointed - 3 Aug 1926 Elevated to Archbishop)
[edit] Archdiocese of San Antonio
- Arthur Jerome Drossaerts (3 Aug 1926 Elevated to Archbishop - 8 Sep 1940 Died)
- Robert Emmet Lucey (23 Jan 1941 Appointed - 23 May 1969 Retired)
- Francis James Furey (23 May 1969 Appointed - 23 Apr 1979 Died)
- Patrick Fernández Flores (23 Aug 1979 Appointed - 29 Dec 2004 Retired)
- José Horacio Gómez (29 Dec 2004 Appointed - )
[edit] Universities
- University of the Incarnate Word (est. 1881)
- Our Lady of the Lake University (est. 1895)
- St. Mary's University (est. 1852)
[edit] High schools
- Antonian College Preparatory High School, San Antonio
- Atonement Academy, San Antonio
- Central Catholic Marianist High School, San Antonio
- Holy Cross High School, San Antonio
- Incarnate Word High School, San Antonio
- Our Lady of the Hills High School, Kerrville
- Providence High School, San Antonio
- St. Anthony Catholic High School, San Antonio
- St. Gerard Catholic High School, San Antonio
- John Paul II Catholic High School, Schertz (scheduled to open in 2009)
[edit] External links
- Archdiocese of San Antonio
- "Diocese of San Antonio". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13424b.htm.
- "San Antonio (Archdiocese)". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsnan.html.
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