Diocese of

El Paso

USA USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: El Paso / Elpasen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Antonio

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad Juárez (↙), Las Cruces (↑), San Angelo (→), Piedras Negras (↘), Chihuahua (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick (March 17), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 17

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: 499 St. Matthews, El Paso, TX 79907, USA

Phone: +1 (915) 872-8407

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.05.06 – ...):Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz (72)Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.02.08 – ...):Bishop Anthony Cerdan Celino (54)Bishop Anthony Cerdan Celino (54)

Titular Bishop of Maronana

Monsignors (19)

Ordinaries

Bishops of El Paso (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz (72)Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz (72)
(2013.05.06 – ...)

Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Paratum cor meum

Born:1954.01.10 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1980.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:2010.04.27

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1980.05.17 – 2010.03.11)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2004.08.30 – 2010.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Cozyla (2010.03.11 – 2013.05.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA) (2010.03.11 – 2013.05.06)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (2013.05.06 – ...)

Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa (83)Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.02.02 – 2013.05.06)

Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa (83)Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa (83)
(1996.04.01 – 2011.12.01)

Bishop emeritus of Fresno (USA)

Preparen el camino del Señor

Born:1943.04.03 (Oxnard, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1970.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:1987.02.23

Priest of Los Angeles (USA) (1970.05.23 – 1986.12.29)

Titular Bishop of Sitifis (1986.12.29 – 1996.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1986.12.29 – 1996.04.01)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1996.04.01 – 2011.12.01)

Bishop of Fresno (USA) (2011.12.01 – 2019.03.05)

Apostolic Administrator of El Paso (USA) (2012.02.02 – 2013.05.06)

Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña
(1980.04.29 – 1994.05.23)

Haz todo con amor

Born:1934.02.19 (Corpus Christi, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:1957.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1976.12.13
Died:2021.09.24 (San Juan, TX, USA † 87)

Priest of Corpus Christi (USA) (1957.05.25 – 1976.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Trisipa (1976.10.16 – 1980.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (1976.10.16 – 1980.04.29)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1980.04.29 – 1994.05.23)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1994.05.23 – 2009.12.09)

Bishop Patrick Fernández Flores (later Archbishop)
(1978.04.04 – 1979.08.23)

Laborabo non mihi sed omnibus

Born:1929.07.26 (Ganado, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1970.05.05
Died:2017.01.09 (San Antonio, TX, USA † 87)

Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1956.05.26 – 1970.03.09)

Titular Bishop of Italica (1970.03.09 – 1978.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (1970.03.09 – 1978.04.04)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1978.04.04 – 1979.08.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA) (1979.08.23 – 2004.12.29)

Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger
(1942.11.29 – 1978.03.17)

Born:1902.07.11 (Fredericksburg, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:1926.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1940.04.10
Died:1986.04.12 (El Paso, TX, USA † 83)

Priest of San Antonio (USA) (1926.04.03 – 1940.01.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1940.01.05 – 1941.12.26)

Titular Bishop of Birtha (1940.01.05 – 1942.11.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1941.12.26 – 1942.11.29)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1942.11.29 – 1978.03.17)

Bishop Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J.
(1915.06.17 – 1942.11.29)

Born:1869.09.30 (St. Mary’s, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1901.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1915.10.28
Died:1944.06.03 (Denver, CO, USA † 74)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1915.06.17 – 1942.11.29)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1942.11.29 – 1944.06.03)

Fr. John Joseph Brown, S.J.
(1915.01.22 – 1915.06.16 not possessed)

Born:1867.02.07 (Eagle Harbor, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1896.06.28
Died:1947.02.21 (St. Mary’s, KS, USA † 80)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1915.01.22 – 1915.06.16 not possessed)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (78)

Ciudad Juárez (↙), Las Cruces (↑), San Angelo (→), Piedras Negras (↘), Chihuahua (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 69,090 km²

Population: 720,009 Catholics (78.0% of 923,088 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes

Personnel: 87 priests (46 diocesan, 41 religious), 47 deacons, 155 religious (55 brothers, 100 sisters), 18 seminarians

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