Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix

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Diocese of Phoenix
Dioecesis Phoenicensis

St. Mary's Basilica, Phoenix
Location
Country United States
Territory Arizona counties of Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation), and also includes the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal County
Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Statistics
Area 43,967 sq mi (113,870 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2011)
4,415,210
821,429 (16%)
Parishes 92 & 23 missions
Churches 114
Schools 35
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established December 2, 1969
Cathedral Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude
Patron saint Our Lady of Guadalupe
Secular priests 143
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop

Thomas James Olmsted

Bishop of Phoenix
Metropolitan Archbishop

Michael Jarboe Sheehan

Archbishop of Santa Fe
Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Alanis Nevares
Emeritus Bishops Thomas Joseph O'Brien
Map

Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
Website
diocesephoenix.org
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix in Arizona is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was established on December 2, 1969 when it was split off from the Diocese of Tucson. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation), and also includes the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal County.[1] The bishop is Thomas J. Olmsted. As bishop, Olmsted resides at the Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude, the mother church of the diocese.

Contents

[edit] Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Phoenix

Coat of arms, Ecclesiastical heraldry

The official description found in an earlier version of the website of the diocese read as follows: "These arms are composed of a blue field on which is placed a silver (white) mountain to represent Camelback Mountain, a significant aspect of the backdrop of the See City. Arising from the mountain as a gold (yellow) bird that is coming forth from red flames to represent the mythological phoenix, that arose from the ashes, and for which the See City of Phoenix is named. Above the phoenix is a gold “cross formy fitchée (three arms of a cross and one resembling a spike), which is taken from the arms of the Diocese of Tucson to signify that it was from the territory of Tucson that the Diocese of Phoenix was carved in 1969." [1]

[edit] Statistics

According to the Diocese 2012 Directory published October 2011

  • Estimated Catholic Individuals.....821,429
  • Estimated Catholic Households....294,419
  • Diocesan Priests (including retired, sick, or absent).....143
  • Extern Priests.....79
  • Religious Priests.....101
  • Permanent Deacons.....238
  • Religious Brothers.....12
  • Religious Sisters.....177
  • Seminarians.....20
  • Parishes.....92
  • Missions.....23
  • Catholic Cemeteries.....6
  • Catholic Mortuaries.....1
  • High Schools (Diocesan and Private)..6.....Enrollment....4,892
  • Elementary Schools............................29.....Enrollment....8,431
  • Pre-Schools........................................27.....Enrollment ......926

[edit] Leadership

Below is a list of individuals who have led the Diocese of Phoenix since its creation [2].[3]

[edit] Ordinaries

[edit] Auxiliary Bishop

[edit] Emeritus Bishop

[edit] Apostolic Administrator

[edit] Metropolitan Archdiocese

[edit] Bishops who once were priests of the Diocese of Phoenix

  • Bishop James Sean Wall, Bishop of the Diocese of Gallup in Arizona and New Mexico

[edit] Arizona Catholic Conference

ACC website [4]

[edit] Parishes and missions

  • Parishes Map in Google [5]
  • Parish Directory, [6]
  • List of Parishes by Deanery [7]
  • Native American Missions, [8]

[edit] Maricopa County

  1. Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Aguila
  2. St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Church, Anthem
  3. St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Avondale
  4. St. Philip Benizi Mission, Black Canyon City
  5. St. Henry Church, Buckeye
  6. Our Lady of Joy Church, Carefree
  7. St. William Church, Cashion
  8. St. Gabriel the Archangel, Cave Creek
  9. St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Chandler
  10. St. Mary Church, Chandler
  11. St. Columba Kim Korean Church, Chandler
  12. Santa Teresita Church, El Mirage
  13. Ascension Church, Fountain Hills
  14. St. Michael Mission, Gila Bend
  15. St. Anne Church, Gilbert
  16. St. Mary Magdalene Church, Gilbert
  17. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Glendale
  18. St. Helen Church, Glendale
  19. St. James Church, Glendale
  20. St. Louis the King Church, Glendale
  21. St. Raphael Church, Glendale
  22. St. Thomas More Church, Glendale
  23. St. John Vianney Church, Goodyear
  24. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Guadalupe
  25. St. John the Baptist Church, Komatke Gila River Indian Community Mission [9]
  26. All Saints Church, Mesa
  27. Christ the King Church, Mesa
  28. Holy Cross Church, Mesa
  29. Queen of Peace Church, Mesa
  30. St. Bridget Church, Mesa
  31. St. Timothy Church, Mesa
  32. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center, Mesa ASU
  33. Good Shepherd Mission, New River
  34. St. Charles Borromeo Church, Peoria
  35. Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude, Phoenix
  36. Corpus Christi Church, Phoenix
  37. Holy Family Church, Phoenix
  38. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Phoenix
  39. Most Holy Trinity Church, Phoenix
  40. Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish Church, Phoenix
  41. Our Lady of the Valley Church, Phoenix
  42. Sacred Heart Church, Phoenix
  43. St. Agnes Church, Phoenix
  44. St. Anthony Church, Phoenix
  45. St. Augustine Church, Phoenix
  46. St. Benedict Church, Phoenix
  47. St. Catherine of Siena Church, Phoenix
  48. St. Edward the Confessor Church, Phoenix
  49. St. Francis Xavier Church, Phoenix
  50. St. Gregory Church, Phoenix
  51. St. Jerome Church, Phoenix
  52. St. Joan of Arc Church, Phoenix
  53. St. Joseph Church, Phoenix
  54. St. Luke Church, Phoenix
  55. St. Mark Church, Phoenix
  56. St. Martin de Porres Church, Phoenix
  57. St. Mary's Basilica, Phoenix
  58. Mater Misericordiae Mission [10] Tridentine Latin Masses, Phoenix
  59. St. Matthew Church, Phoenix
  60. St. Paul Church, Phoenix
  61. St. Theresa Church, Phoenix
  62. St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Phoenix
  63. St. Vincent de Paul Church, Phoenix
  64. Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Phoenix
  65. Our Lady of Fatima Mission, Phoenix
  66. St. Dominic Mission, Rio Verde
  67. St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
  68. St. Paschal Baylon Chapel, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
  69. San Lucy Mission, San Lucy Village of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Gila Bend
  70. Blessed Sacrament Church, Scottsdale
  71. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Scottsdale
  72. Our Lady of the Angels Conventual Franciscan Church and Renewal Center, Scottsdale, a ministry of the OFM Franciscan Province of Saint Barbara [2]
  73. St. Bernadette Church, Scottsdale
  74. St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church, Scottsdale
  75. St. Daniel the Prophet Church, Scottsdale
  76. St. Maria Goretti Church, Scottsdale
  77. St. Patrick Church, Scottsdale
  78. St. Clement of Rome Church, Sun City
  79. St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Sun City
  80. St. Joachim and St. Anne Church, Sun City
  81. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Sun City West
  82. Prince of Peace Church, Sun City West (part of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish)
  83. St. Steven Church, Sun Lakes
  84. St. Clare of Assisi Church, Surprise
  85. All Saints Catholic Newman Center, Tempe ASU
  86. Holy Spirit Church, Tempe
  87. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Tempe
  88. Resurrection Church, Tempe
  89. St. Margaret Church, Tempe
  90. Blessed Sacrament Church, Tolleson
  91. St. Anthony of Padua Church, Wickenburg

[edit] Pinal County

Gila River Indian Community Missions [11]

  1. St. Peter Mission, Bapchule
  2. Holy Family Mission, Blackwater
  3. St. Anthony Mission, Sacaton
  4. Our Lady of Victory Mission, Sacaton Flats
  5. St. Anne Mission, Santan
  6. St. Catherine Mission, Santa Cruz

Ak-Chin Indian Community

  1. St. Francis Mission

[edit] Yavapai County

  1. St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Bagdad
  2. St. Frances Cabrini Church, Camp Verde
  3. St. Catherine Laboure Mission, Chino Valley
  4. St. Cecelia Mission, Clarkdale
  5. Good Shepherd of the Desert Mission, Congress
  6. Immaculate Conception Church, Cottonwood
  7. St. Joseph Mission, Mayer
  8. Sacred Heart Church, Prescott
  9. St. Germaine Church, Prescott Valley
  10. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Queen Creek
  11. St. John Vianney Church, Sedona
  12. St. Mary Mediatrix Mission, Yarnell

[edit] Coconino County

  1. San Francisco de Asis, Flagstaff
  2. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel, Flagstaff
  3. St. Pius X Center, Flagstaff
  4. Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, Flagstaff
  5. Holy Trinity Newman Center, Flagstaff NAU
  6. El Cristo Rey Mission, Grand Canyon Village
  7. Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona
  8. St. Francis Church, Seligman
  9. St. Joseph Church, Williams

[edit] Mohave County

  1. St. Margaret Mary Church, Bullhead City
  2. Our Lady of the Desert Mission, Dolan Springs
  3. Our Lady of the Lake Church, Lake Havasu City
  4. La Santisima Trinidad Mission, Littlefield and Scenic
  5. St. Mary Church, Kingman

[edit] Eastern Catholic Churches and Communities active in the area of the Diocese of Phoenix

  1. Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, http://www.eparchyofphoenix.org/
  2. St Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Phoenix, http://www.ststephenbyzantine.org/
  3. St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church in Gilbert http://www.eparchyofphoenix.org/directory-of-parishes
  4. Mar Auraha Chaldean and Assyrian Catholic Church in Scottsdale http://www.kaldu.org/2_st_peter_diocese/churches/mar_auraha.htm http://www.marauraha.com/
  5. St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church in Phoenix, http://www.stjosephaz.org/
  6. St. John of the Desert Melkite Catholic Church in Phoenix, http://www.stjohnofthedesert.com/
  7. Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Phoenix, http://www.ukrainianchurch.org/
  8. Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission in Phoenix

[edit] Catholic education

[edit] Schools

[edit] Elementary schools and pre-schools

  • St. Thomas Aquinas, Avondale
  • St. John Vianney, Avondale-Goodyear
  • St. Peter Mission, Bapchule
  • Annunciation, Cave Creek
  • St. Mary-Basha, Chandler
  • St. Joseph, Cottonwood
  • San Francisco de Asis, Flagstaff
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Glendale
  • St. Louis the King, Glendale
  • Christ the King, Mesa
  • Queen of Peace, Mesa
  • St. Timothy, Mesa
  • Most Holy Trinity, Phoenix
  • St. Agnes, Phoenix
  • St. Catherine of Siena, Phoenix
  • St. Francis Xavier, Phoenix
  • St. Gregory, Phoenix
  • St. Jerome, Phoenix
  • St. John Bosco, Phoenix
  • St. Matthew, Phoenix
  • St. Theresa, Phoenix
  • St. Thomas the Apostle, Phoenix
  • St. Vincent de Paul, Phoenix
  • Ss. Simon and Jude, Phoenix
  • Sacred Heart, Prescott

[edit] High schools

[edit] Youth Protection

Office of Child and Youth Protection, http://www.diocesephoenix.org/child-youth-protection-office.php

[edit] Media

The diocese uses several types of media to fulfill its evangelization efforts:

[edit] Radio ministry

Radio Family Rosary is a radio ministry of the Diocese of Phoenix founded in 1983. The station begins with a recitation of the rosary every day.[3] After the rosary the station focus on a particular saint, or a point of catechism is held. The station was founded by Dorothy Westfall, after a suggestion from a Phoenix parishioner suffering from arthritis.[4]

Bishop Thomas Olmsted often uses radio communication and has a website with information about his "bishop's hour." [12]

[edit] Newspaper

The Catholic Sun is the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.[5] The paper is delivered to more than 115,000 homes in the counties of Coconino, Maricopa, Mohave, and Yavapai.[6]

[edit] Television

Mass is broadcast live from Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude each Sunday morning by KAZT, along with a show immediately following entitled "Catholics Matter". The Mass was once on KUTP.[7]

[edit] Social media

The diocese has an active presence on YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and others and continues to expand its presence online.

[edit] Religious orders active in the Diocese

[edit] Women Religious

  • CSA Congregation of St. Agnes
  • CSJ Congregation of St. Joseph
  • IBVM Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • MM Maryknoll Missionaries
  • MC Missionaries of Charity
  • OLVM Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters
  • PCPA Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration
  • SSND School Sisters of Notre Dame
  • BVM Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • SDS Sisters of the Divine Savior
  • SNDdeN Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
  • OSB Sisters of St. Benedict
  • OSF Sisters of St Francis
  • PBVM Union of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

[edit] Byzantine Rite

  • OSBM

[edit] Chaldean Rite

  • DMI

[edit] Private Association of the Faithful

  • IHM
  • SFCC
  • LSC
  • ESEH

[edit] Secular Institutes

  • SIM

[edit] Men Religious

[edit] Religious Brothers

  • CSC
  • DS
  • OSC
  • OFM

[edit] Private Association of the Faithful

  • BFCC

[edit] Other Catholic Organizations in the Diocese of Phoenix

This list is fairly complete, but there might be others to add.

[edit] Politics

In July 2009 the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Phoenix contributed $50,000 of its money to overturn a law in the state of Maine allowing same-sex civil marriage.[10] In early 2009, Maine, through its legislature and with the approval of its Catholic governor extended the civil rights of same sex couples to marry in Maine. According to Maine's "Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices", the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Maine spent over $553,000 to rescind those rights. The Diocese of Phoenix's $50,000 was part of that $553,000.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Diocese of Phoenix (2008). "History of the Diocese". http://www.diocesephoenix.org/dioceseInfo/history.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
  2. ^ http://www.sbfranciscans.org
  3. ^ Radio Family Rosary (2008). "Radio Family Rosary". Radio Family Rosary. http://radiofamilyrosary.com/radiofamilyrosary.html. Retrieved April 23, 2008. 
  4. ^ Andrew Junker (2007). "The Catholic Sun Newspaper- Group provides rosary, catechism on AM radio". The Catholic Sun Newspaper. http://www.catholicsun.org/2006/oct19/media/radiorosary.html. Retrieved April 23, 2008. 
  5. ^ The Catholic Sun Newspaper (2008). "Mission Statement". The Catholic Sun Newspaper. http://www.catholicsun.org/aboutus.html. Retrieved April 23, 2008. 
  6. ^ The Catholic Sun Newspaper (2008). "ADVERTISING". The Catholic Sun Newspaper. http://www.catholicsun.org/advertising.html. Retrieved April 23, 2008. 
  7. ^ Diocese of Phoenix (2008). "Upcoming Events". Diocese of Phoenix. http://www.diocesephoenix.org/events/index.html. Retrieved April 24, 2008. 
  8. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/EJMontini/148981
  9. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/11/23/20111123bishop-obrien-forgoes-catholic-award.html
  10. ^ Colbert, Chuck (November 25, 2009). "Dioceses major contributors to repeal same-sex marriage". National Catholic Reporter (Kansas City, Mo.). http://ncronline.org/news/politics/dioceses-major-contributors-repeal-same-sex-marriage. Retrieved November 29, 2009. 
  11. ^ Maine Campain Finance contributions

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