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The Texas Catholic Church comprises 15 Latin Church dioceses and one personal ordinariate led by a bishop. The 15 Latin dioceses are divided into two ecclesiastical provinces . Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop , and six, Galveston-Houston, or seven, San Antonio, suffragan dioceses.
Catholic Church hierarchy; List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège; List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent) List of Catholic bishops in the Philippines; List of Catholic bishops in the United States; List of Catholic bishops of India; List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses) (in the world)
Most nations with large Catholic populations in non-missionary geographical areas propose and elect native-born clergy to the episcopacy. An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliaries in culturally diverse dioceses.
Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome. They are typically ordained bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Catholic leaders called for peace in a war-torn world and unity amid strife within their own clerical ranks on Tuesday, as U.S. bishops gathered in Baltimore for their annual ...
James Anthony Tamayo (born October 23, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Laredo in Texas since 2000. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas from 1993 to 2000.
Catholic bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the ...
Edward James Burns (born October 7, 1957) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in Texas since 2017. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Juneau in Alaska from 2009 to 2017.