Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson

Diocese of Tucson

*Dioecesis Tucsonensis*
Diocese of Tucson; Dioecesis Tucsonensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation), Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Yuma, and La Paz in Arizona
Ecclesiastical province	Santa Fe
Statistics
Area	42,707 sq mi (110,610 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 1,689,676; 382,123 (22.6%)
Parishes	75
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 8, 1897 (127 years ago)
Cathedral	St. Augustine Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Augustine of Hippo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerald Frederick Kicanas
Map
Website
	diocesetucson.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson (Template:Lang-la) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States. It is a suffragan see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The diocese is currently led by its seventh bishop, Most Reverend Gerald Frederick Kicanas.

The See city for the diocese is Tucson, Arizona and its cathedral parish is the St. Augustine. Another church of special interest is the Mission San Xavier del Bac, also in Tucson.

Extent

It comprises nine counties of the state of Arizona, making it the fifth largest diocese in the continental United States in terms of area. The counties are Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Gila River Indian Community), Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Yuma, and La Paz.

History

The See of Tucson was established by Pope Pius IX as the Apostolic Vicariate of Arizona in 1868, taking its territory from the then Diocese of Santa Fe.

The See of Tucson was canonically erected by Pope Leo XIII as a diocese on May 8, 1897.^[1]^[2]

It lost territory thrice : on 3 March 1914 to establish the Diocese of El Paso, on 16 December 1939 to establish the Diocese of Gallup and on 28 June 1969 to establish the Diocese of Phoenix.

The Diocese of Tucson filed bankruptcy in September, 2004. The Diocese of Tucson reached an agreement with the victims of sex abuse, which the bankruptcy judge approved on June 11, 2005, specifying terms that included allowing the diocese reorganization to continue in return for a $22.2 million settlement.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Vicars of Arizona

Jean-Baptiste Salpointe (September 25 1868 – April 22, 1884), Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (September 25, 1868 – April 22, 1884), later Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (April 22, 1884 – August 18, 1885), Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (April 22, 1884 – August 18, 1885), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (August 18, 1885 – January 7, 1894), emeritus as Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi (January 21, 1894 – July 15, 1898)
Peter Bourgade (February 7, 1885 – May 8, 1897 see below), Titular Bishop of Thaumaci (February 7, 1885 – May 8, 1897)

Suffragan Bishops of Tucson

Peter Bourgade (see above May 8, 1897 – January 7, 1899), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (January 7, 1899 – death May 17, 1908)
Henry Regis Granjon (April 19, 1900 – death November 9, 1922)
Daniel James Gercke (June 21, 1923 – September 28, 1960), emeritus as Titular Archbishop of Cotyæum (September 28, 1960 – death March 19, 1964)
Francis Joseph Green (January 12, 1982 – March 7, 2003), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Tucson (USA) (May 29, 1953 – May 11, 1960), Titular Bishop of Serra (May 29, 1953 – September 28, 1960), Coadjutor Bishop of Tucson (USA) (May 11, 1960 – September 28, 1960)
Manuel Duran Moreno (January 12, 1982 – March 7, 2003), previously Titular Bishop of Tamagrista (December 20, 1976 – January 12, 1982) & Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (December 20, 1976 – January 12, 1982)
Gerald Frederick Kicanas (March 7, 2003 - ...), Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (November 13, 2007 – November 16, 2010); previously Titular Bishop of Bela (March 20, 1995 – October 30, 2001), Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (March 20, 1995 – October 30, 2001), Coadjutor Bishop of Tucson (USA) (October 30, 2001 – March 7, 2003)