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Marian Christian High School and the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament [31] - closed 1978; Mount Carmel High School (Houston) (closed in 2008) [32] [33] St. Nicholas High School (Houston) - closed 1967; O'Connell Consolidated High School (Galveston) - closed 2004 and became O'Connell College Preparatory School
It was founded in 1968 as a consolidation of Galveston Island's three existing Catholic high schools: Kirwin High School (Boys, founded in 1927) and Dominican High School (Girls, founded in 1882) and Ursuline Academy (Girls, founded in 1847) and is the only Roman Catholic high school in Galveston County. [2]
The archdiocese was erected in 2004, having been a diocese since 1959 and the "Diocese of Galveston" since 1847. It is the second metropolitan see in Texas after the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The mother church of the archdiocese is St. Mary Cathedral Basilica in Galveston; [3] the co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston.
The then-Diocese of Galveston-Houston took over administration of the school in 1986 when the Carmelite order that founded the school relinquished ownership. It was the only diocesan-operated high school in Houston until its closing. [2] Over 5,000 students have graduated from Mount Carmel High School.
St. Thomas High School is an all-boys, Catholic college preparatory school in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1900, St. Thomas is the second oldest continuously operating private high school in Houston behind Incarnate Word Academy, which was founded in 1873. The school is operated by the Basilian Fathers in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston bought the site in March 1999. The church's 100-seat 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2 ) sanctuary and 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2 ) Formation Center were scheduled to be completed in early March 2004 for a total of $5.8 million.
St. Pius X High School was founded by the Dominican Sisters of Houston in 1956. The school was named in honor of Pope Pius X, who was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1954. Pope Pius X was born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, and his family name was taken as the name of the school's official yearbook, Del Sarto. Pope Pius X's nickname ...
The school is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. It is one of only two private schools in Texas that are members of the University Interscholastic League (the other being Dallas Jesuit), which allows it to compete athletically against the largest public schools.