Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas
The Diocese of Dallas (Latin: Diœcesis Dallasensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in North Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
Diocese of Dallas Diœcesis Dallasensis | |
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Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Antonio |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,523 sq mi (19,480 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 4,416,574 1,321,189 (29.9%) |
| Parishes | 69 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 15, 1890 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe |
| Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Secular priests | 146 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Edward J. Burns |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio |
| Auxiliary Bishops | J. Gregory Kelly |
| Bishops emeritus | Kevin Joseph Farrell |
| Map | |
| Website | |
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The diocese was founded on July 15, 1890. The mother church is the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas. Since 2016, the bishop is Edward J. Burns.
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