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The Diocese of Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Laredanus, Spanish: Diócesis de Laredo) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in South Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio The Diocese of Laredo was founded on July 3, 2000.
The Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was established in 1755. Its founding residents wanted a Catholic church for a place of worship. The Bishop of Guadalajara, Francisco de San Buena Ventura, ordered the construction of a small mission chapel in 1760 which was the only place of worship until 1778.
Tamayo was ordained a priest at Corpus Christi Cathedral in Corpus Christi by Bishop Thomas Drury for the Diocese of Corpus Christi on July 11, 1976. [3] After his 1976 ordination, the diocese assigned Tamayo as associate pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Corpus Christi along with chaplain to the local branch of the Catholic Daughters of America (Junior Division).
Diocese of Dallas Anthony Celino: Auxiliary bishop of El Paso (2023–present) Diocese of El Paso Diocese of Fort Worth: Michael Fors Olson: Bishop of Fort Worth (2014–present) Diocese of Fort Worth Diocese of Laredo: James Anthony Tamayo: Bishop of Laredo (2000–present), former auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston (1993-2000) Diocese of ...
The Diocese of Nuevo Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Novolaredensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It covers an area of 7,484 Square Miles (19,378 square kilometers) and ...
1907 - Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House built. 1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo. [5] 1909 - Webb County Courthouse built. 1910 - Population: 14,855. [5] 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo. [11] 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date). [12] 1920
During the mid-1970s the school was relocated. Through 1999 the school was under the control of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi. In 2000 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo was established and the control of the school transferred to it. St. Augustine School is accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department. [1]
The diocese has the second highest percentage of Catholics to total diocese population in the United States, second only to the Diocese of Laredo. As of 2020, the Diocese of Brownsville comprised 1,171,182 Catholics out of a total population of 1,377,861, or 85.0%. [15]