Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio
The Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio (Roman Rite) encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km2) in the US state of Texas.
Archdiocese of San Antonio Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii Arquidiócesis de San Antonio | |
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Location | |
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Territory | City of San Antonio and the following counties: Val Verde, Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Uvalde, Kinney, Medina, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Frio, Atascosa, and McMullen. |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Antonio |
Statistics | |
Area | 27,841 sq mi (72,110 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 2,458,351 728,001[1] (29.6%) |
Parishes | 139 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 28, 1874 |
Cathedral | San Fernando Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Gustavo García-Siller |
Auxiliary Bishops | Michael Joseph Boulette[2] |
Map | |
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Website | |
archsa.org |
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, Frio, Atascosa, and the portion of McMullen north of the Nueces River.[3]
On August 28, 1874, the 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 the Archdiocese of San Antonio overseeing the following suffragan dioceses: Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock, and San Angelo. All of Texas' dioceses had been suffragan sees under San Antonio until December 2004 when Pope John Paul II created the new Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston and elevated the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to a Metropolitan See.
History of diocese
The Archdiocese of San Antonio was erected as a diocese on August 28, 1874, under the then Diocese of Galveston.[4] It was elevated to an archdiocese on August 3, 1926.[4] As of 2010, it has 138 parishes, 34 missions and two pastoral centers.[5]
With the appointment of Archbishop José Horacio Gómez as the Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, its cathedral was considered sede vacante until October 14, 2010.[4]
On October 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Gustavo Garcia-Siller as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.[6]
On January 31, 2019, the Archdiocese of San Antonio released a list of 56 Catholic clergy who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sex abuse as early as 1940.[7][7][8]
Bishops
The following are lists of ordinaries (bishops and archbishops of the diocese) and auxiliary bishops, and their years of service. They are followed by other priests of this diocese who became bishops.
Ordinaries
- Bishops of San Antonio
- Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer (1874–1880)
- John Claude Neraz (1881–1894)
- John Anthony Forest (1895–1911)
- John William Shaw (1911–1918), appointed Archbishop of New Orleans
- Arthur Jerome Drossaerts (1918–1926 see below)
- Archbishops of San Antonio
- Arthur Jerome Drossaerts (see above 1926–1940)
- Robert Emmet Lucey (1941–1969)
- Francis James Furey (1969–1979)
- Patrick Fernández Flores (1979–2004)
- José Horacio Gómez (2004–2010), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of Los Angeles[9][10]
- Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (2010–present)
Coadjutor Bishops
- John William Shaw (1910-1911)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Stephen Aloysius Leven (1955-1969), appointed Bishop of San Angelo
- Patrick Fernández Flores (1970-1978), appointed Bishop of El Paso and later Archbishop of San Antonio
- Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. (1975-1982)
- Raymundo Joseph Peña (1976-1980), appointed Bishop of El Paso and later Bishop of Brownsville
- Charles Victor Grahmann (1981-1982), appointed Bishop of Victoria and later Bishop of Dallas
- Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B (1981-1982), appointed Bishop of Las Cruces
- Bernard Ferdinand Popp (1983-1993)
- Edmond Carmody (1988-1992), appointed Bishop of Tyler and later Bishop of Corpus Christi
- Joseph Anthony Galante (1992-1994), appointed Bishop of Beaumont and later Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas and Bishop of Camden
- John Yanta (1994-1997), appointed Bishop of Amarillo
- Thomas Flanagan (1998-2005)
- Patrick Zurek (1998-2008), appointed Bishop of Amarillo
- Oscar Cantú (2008-2013), appointed Bishop of Las Cruces
- Michael Joseph Boulette[2] (2017–present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Mariano Simon Garriga, appointed Coadjutor Bishop in 1936 and later Bishop of Corpus Christi
- Sidney Matthew Metzger, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe in 1939 and later Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of El Paso
- Laurence Julius FitzSimon, appointed Bishop of Amarillo in 1941
- John Louis Morkovsky, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Amarillo in 1955, later Bishop of Amarillo, Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Bishop of Galveston-Houston
- Charles Edwin Herzig, appointed Bishop of Tyler in 1986
- Gerald Richard Barnes, appointed Auxiliary Bishop in 1992 and later Bishop of San Bernardino
- José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit in 2011
Education
- Universities
- St. Anthony Catholic Student Center University of Texas at San Antonio
- Catholic Student Group Trinity University
- High schools
- Antonian College Preparatory High School, Castle Hills (Est. 1964)
- Central Catholic Marianist High School, San Antonio (Est. 1852)
- Holy Cross of San Antonio, San Antonio (Est. 1957)
- Incarnate Word High School, San Antonio (Est. 1881)
- Our Lady of the Hills High School, Kerrville (Est. 2013)
- Providence High School, San Antonio (Est. 1951)
- St. Anthony Catholic High School, San Antonio (Est. 1903)
- St. Gerard Catholic High School, San Antonio (Est. 1927)
- John Paul II Catholic High School, Schertz (Est. 2009)
- Former high schools
- St. Francis Academy - High school for girls
- St. Mary's School by the Riverwalk (1910–2004)
Province of San Antonio
See List of the Catholic bishops of the United States
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
- http://www.archsa.org/fast_facts.aspx
- http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/01/23/pope_appoints_new_san_antonio_auxiliary_bishop/1287572
- Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini, Part 1. P.J. Kenedy, 2005. p. 1195. Retrieved from Google Books on October 6, 2012. "The San Antonio Archdiocese comprises Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, McMullen (that part of McMullen County north of the Nueces River), Medina, Real, Uvalde, Vol Verde and Wilson."
- "Archdiocese of San Antonio Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio. 2010-04-06.
- "Fast Facts". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio. 2010-04-06.
- http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2010/10-179E.shtml
- https://www.tpr.org/post/archdiocese-san-antonio-releases-report-child-sexual-abuse-clergy
- https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2019/01/31/archdiocese-of-san-antonio-report-names-nearly-60-priests-accused-of-sexual-assault-since-1940s
- "Pope Names San Antonio Archbishop José Gomez Coadjutor Archbishop Of Los Angeles". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2010-04-06.
- "POPE APPOINTS COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP FOR LOS ANGELES". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09.
External links
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio Official Site
- Archdiocese of San Antonio Schools
- Archdiocese of San Antonio (Archives)
- "Diocese of San Antonio". Catholic Encyclopedia.