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The Archdiocese of San Antonio (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km 2 ) in the U.S. state of Texas .
The St. Joseph Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, located at 623 East Commerce Street in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. [2] The Gothic Revival [3] house of worship was the fourth Catholic parish in the city. [4]
Diocese of Dallas San Antonio: Archdiocese of San Antonio: Gustavo Garcia-Siller, MSpS: Archbishop of San Antonio (2010–present), former auxiliary bishop of Chicago (2003–2010) Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ordained for the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit: Michael Boulette: Auxiliary bishop of San Antonio (2017–present)
Diocese of Winona-Rochester: San Antonio: Kevin Joseph Farrell: bishop emeritus Diocese of Dallas: Plácido Rodriguez: bishop emeritus Diocese of Lubbock: Michael David Pfeifer: bishop emeritus Diocese of San Angelo: San Francisco: William Joseph Justice: auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of San Francisco: Ignatius Chung Wang: auxiliary ...
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
On October 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Garcia-Siller to succeed José Gómez as Archbishop of San Antonio. His installation took place on November 23, 2010. Along with Gómez, he is one of the highest-ranking Mexican-American bishops in the United States.
The diocese and its parishes sponsor twenty-eight parochial schools and preschools, including TMI Episcopal (founded as "West Texas Military Academy"), a boarding college-preparatory school on the outskirts of San Antonio. The diocese was also instrumental in the founding of St. Philip's College, which became a public community college in 1942.
The throne is original to the basilica and has been used by various visiting prelates for over 70 years. Most recently it has been used by the archbishop and auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of San Antonio during special liturgies, such as feast day Masses and ordinations at the basilica.