Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup

Diocese of Gallup Dioecesis Gallupiensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Navajo and Apache Counties in Arizona and San Juan, McKinley, Cibola, Catron and parts of Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia Counties in New Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Metropolitan	Gallup, New Mexico
Population - Catholics	60,000
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 16, 1939
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Patron saint	Our Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	James S. Wall Bishop of Gallup
Metropolitan Archbishop	Michael Jarboe Sheehan Archbishop of Santa Fe
Emeritus Bishops	Donald Edmond Pelotte
Map
Website
dioceseofgallup.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States, encompassing counties in the states of Arizona (Navajo and Apache) and New Mexico (San Juan, McKinley, Cibola, Catron) and and parts of Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia Counties west of 106,52',41" meridian in New Mexico . The mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Gallup, New Mexico.

History

The diocese was canonically erected on December 16, 1939, taking its territory from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, of which Gallup is a suffragan.

Bishops of the Diocese of Gallup

• Bernard T. Espelage, (1940-1969)
• Jerome J. Hastrich, (1969-1990)
• Donald Edmond Pelotte, (1990-2008)
• Thomas J. Olmsted, (Apostolic Administrator 2008-2009)
• James S. Wall, (2009-)

The diocese was sede vacante between 2008-2009. Its former bishop, Donald Edmond Pelotte, was granted a one year leave of absence on January 3, 2008, to recover from a fall he suffered on July 23, 2007. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, was appointed apostolic administrator sede plena by Pope Benedict XVI for the duration of Bishop Pelotte's absence. On April 30, 2008 the Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Gallup, presented by Bishop Pelotte, in accordance with canon 401 § 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

High schools

• Gallup Catholic High School, Gallup, New Mexico
• St. Michael High School, St. Michaels, Arizona

Parishes and missions by state and county

McKinley County, New Mexico

1. Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Gallup
2. St Francis of Assisi, Gallup
3. St Jerome, Gallup
4. St John Vianney, Gallup

San Juan County, New Mexico

1. St Joseph, Aztec
2. St Rose of Lima, Blanco
3. St Mary, Bloomfield
4. St Mary's, Farmington
5. Sacred Heart, Farmington
6. Holy Trinity, Flora Vista

Cibola County, New Mexico

1. San Esteban Indian Mission, Acoma
2. Our Lady of Sorrows, Cebolleta

Catron County, New Mexico

1. Santo Nino, Aragon

Sandoval County, New Mexico

1. Immaculate Conception, Cuba

Apache County, Arizona

1. St Helena, Alpine
2. Our Lady of Fatima, Chinle
3. San Rafael, Concho
4. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Fort Defiance
5. All Saints, Ganada
6. St John the Evangelist, Houck
7. St Isabel, Lukachukai
8. St Anthony, McNary
9. St John the Baptist, St Johns
10. St Michael, St Michaels

Coconino County, Arizona

1. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Page
2. St Peter, Springerville
3. St Jude, Tuba City

Navajo County, Arizona

1. St Catherine, Cibecue
2. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Holbrook
3. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Kayenta
4. St Joseph Mission, Keams Canyon
5. Our Lady of the Assumption, Overgaard
6. St Mary of the Angels, Pinetop
7. St Mary of the Rosary
8. Station, Tachee
9. Station, Blue Gap
10. Station, Forest Lake
11. Station, Whippoorwill Springs
12. Station, Hardrock
13. Station, Kits'iiLi
14. St Rita, Show Low
15. Our Lady of the Snows, Snowflake
16. St Francis, Whiteriver
17. St Joseph, Winslow
18. Madre de Dios, Winslow

Resources

• Arizona Catholic Conference
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Gallup
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson