Diocese of Fort Worth, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Fort Worth / Arcis Vorthen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Antonio

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Angelo (↙), Lubbock (←), Oklahoma City (↑), Dallas (→), Austin (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick (March 17)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 10

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1969.08.09: Established as Diocese of Fort Worth / Arcis Vorthen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Dallas–Fort Worth and became suffragan of San Antonio)

Contact Info

Address: The Catholic Center, 800 West Loop 820 South, Fort Worth, TX 76108, USA

Phone: +1 (817) 560-3300

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.19 – ...):

Bishop Michael Fors Olson (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Fort Worth (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Fors Olson (59)
(2013.11.19 – ...)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA)

Veritatis splendor

Born:	1966.06.29 (Park Ridge, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.01.29

Priest of Fort Worth (USA) (1994.06.03 – 2013.11.19)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (2013.11.19 – ...)

Bishop Kevin William Vann (75)
(2005.07.12 – 2012.09.21)

Bishop of Orange (USA)

In fide et dilectione in Christo Jesu

Born:	1951.05.10 (Springfield, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1981.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.07.13

Priest of Springfield in Illinois (USA) (1981.05.30 – 2005.05.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (2005.05.17 – 2005.07.12)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (2005.07.12 – 2012.09.21)

Bishop of Orange (USA) (2012.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Patrick Delaney
(1981.07.10 – 2005.07.12)

Born:	1934.08.29 (Fall River, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.13
Died:	2005.07.12 (Fort Worth, TX, USA † 70)

Priest of Fall River (USA) (1960.12.18 – 1971)

Priest of Brownsville (USA) (1971 – 1981.07.10)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (1981.07.10 – 2005.07.12)

Bishop John Joseph Cassata
(1969.08.22 – 1980.09.16)

Dominus regit me

Born:	1908.11.08 (Galveston, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.05
Died:	1989.09.08 (Houston, TX, USA † 80)

Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1932.12.08 – 1968.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Bida (1968.03.12 – 1969.08.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA) (1968.03.12 – 1969.08.22)

Bishop of Fort Worth (USA) (1969.08.22 – 1980.09.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Kevin William Vann (75) (2005.05.17 – 2005.07.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Patrick Cathedral, Fort Worth, Texas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (92)

San Angelo (↙), Lubbock (←), Oklahoma City (↑), Dallas (→), Austin (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 62,030 km²

Population: 939,193 Catholics (23.0% of 4,083,448 total)

Pastoral Centres: 92 parishes

Personnel: 110 priests (50 diocesan, 60 religious), 117 deacons, 107 religious (60 brothers, 47 sisters), 23 seminarians