Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville

Diocese of Brownsville

*Dioecesis Brownsvillensis*
Diocese of Brownsville; Dioecesis Brownsvillensis
	Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Starr, Willacy, Hidalgo, and Cameron counties in Southern Texas
Ecclesiastical province	Galveston-Houston
Metropolitan	Daniel DiNardo
Statistics
Area	4,226 sq mi (10,950 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2012); 1,264,091; 1,074,477 (85.0%)
Parishes	69
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 10, 1965
Cathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Daniel E. Flores
Bishops emeritus	Raymundo Joseph Peña
Map
Website
	cdob.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Latin: Dioecesis Brownsvillensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. It was founded on July 10, 1965.

The Diocese has the highest percentage of Catholics to total diocese population in the United States: as of 2006 there were 943,611 Catholics among a total population of 1,110,130, or 85.0%.^[1]

Bishops

The list of bishops of the diocese and their terms of service:

Adolph Marx (1965)
Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1966–1970)
John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1971–1991)
Enrique San Pedro, SJ (1991–1994)
Raymundo Joseph Peña (1994—2009)
Daniel E. Flores (2009–)

Education

Middle and elementary schools

The diocese operates the following schools: Guadalupe Regional Middle School, 6-8 (Brownsville); St. Joseph's School, PK-8 (Edinburg); St. Mary's School, PK-6 (Brownsville); St. Luke's School, PK-8 (Brownsville); Our Lady of Sorrows School, PK-8 (McAllen); St. Anthony's School, PK-8 (Harlingen); Incarnate Word School, PK-8 (Brownsville); St. Martin de Porras School, PK-3 (Weslaco); Oratory Academy, PK-8 (Pharr); Our Lady of Guadalupe School, PK-6 (Mission); Immaculate Conception School, PK-8 (Rio Grande City).