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Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Texas, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Amarillo (Latin: Dioecesis Amarillensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in the Texas Panhandle region in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio.
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Diocese of Amarillo Dioecesis Amarillensis | |
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Location | |
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Territory | Panhandle of Texas |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Antonio |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,800 sq mi (67,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 427,927 50,237 (11.7%) |
Parishes | 38 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 3, 1926 |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Lawrence[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Patrick Zurek |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Garcia-Siller |
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Website | |
amarillodiocese.org |
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The mother church of the Diocese of Amarillo is St. Mary's Cathedral in Amarillo. As of 2023, the bishop of Amarillo is Patrick Zurek.