Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Las Vegas

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Las Vegas / Campen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Reno, Salt Lake City

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Holy Family, Saint Peter and Saint Paul of Tarsus (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 2

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1995.03.21: Established as Diocese of Las Vegas / Campen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Reno–Las Vegas and became suffragan of San Francisco)
2023.05.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Las Vegas / Campen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Reno and Salt Lake City)

Contact Info

Address: 336 Cathedral Way, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

Phone: +1 (702) 735-3500

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.05.30 – ...):	Archbishop George Leo Thomas (74)
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.05.28 – ...):	Bishop Gregory William Gordon (64) Titular Bishop of Nova Petra

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Las Vegas (Roman Rite)

Archbishop George Leo Thomas (74)
(2023.05.30 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Las Vegas (USA)

Christ our light

Born:	1950.05.19 (Anaconda, MT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.28

Priest of Seattle (USA) (1976.05.22 – 1999.11.19)

Titular Bishop of Vagrauta (1999.11.19 – 2004.03.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA) (1999.11.19 – 2004.03.23)

Bishop of Helena (USA) (2004.03.23 – 2018.02.28)

Bishop of Las Vegas (USA) (2018.02.28 – 2023.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Las Vegas (USA) (2023.05.30 – ...)

Bishops of Las Vegas (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Leo Thomas (74) (later Archbishop)
(2018.02.28 – 2023.05.30)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe (82)
(2001.04.06 – 2018.02.28)

Bishop emeritus of Las Vegas (USA)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1942.06.18 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.05.31

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1970.05.16 – 2001.04.06)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1991.05.29 – 2001.04.06)

Bishop of Las Vegas (USA) (2001.04.06 – 2018.02.28)

Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh (87)
(1995.03.21 – 2000.04.11)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa (USA)

As one who serves

Born:	1937.10.02 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.24

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1963.03.30 – 1981.07.30)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1981.07.30 – 1987.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1981.07.30 – 1987.06.09)

Bishop of Reno–Las Vegas (USA) (1987.06.09 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop of Las Vegas (USA) (1995.03.21 – 2000.04.11)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2000.04.11 – 2011.06.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Guardian Angel Cathedral, Las Vegas, Nevada
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (38)

San Bernardino (↙), Fresno (←), Reno (↖), Salt Lake City (↗), Phoenix (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 103,189 km²

Population: 581,600 Catholics (29.3% of 1,985,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes

Personnel: 84 priests (55 diocesan, 29 religious), 35 deacons, 41 religious (31 brothers, 10 sisters), 9 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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