Diocese of Lubbock, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lubbock / Lubboken(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Antonio

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 26

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1983.03.25: Established as Diocese of Lubbock / Lubboken(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Amarillo and Diocese of San Angelo and became suffragan of San Antonio)

Contact Info

Address: 4620 4th St., P.O. Box 98700, Lubbock, TX 79499, USA

Phone: +1 (806) 792-3943

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.09.27 – ...):

Bishop Robert Milner Coerver (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lubbock (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Milner Coerver (70)
(2016.09.27 – ...)

Bishop of Lubbock (USA)

Suscipe Domine

Born:	1954.06.06 (Dallas, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1980.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.11.21

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1980.06.27 – 2016.09.27)

Bishop of Lubbock (USA) (2016.09.27 – ...)

Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. (84)
(1994.04.05 – 2016.09.27)

Bishop emeritus of Lubbock (USA)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1940.10.11 (Celaya, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.12.13

Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura (1983.10.18 – 1994.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1983.10.18 – 1994.04.05)

Bishop of Lubbock (USA) (1994.04.05 – 2016.09.27)

Bishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan (later Archbishop)
(1983.03.25 – 1993.08.17)

Love one another constantly

Born:	1939.07.09 (Wichita, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.06.17
Died:	2023.06.03 (Santa Fe, NM, USA † 83)

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1964.07.12 – 1983.03.25)

Bishop of Lubbock (USA) (1983.03.25 – 1993.08.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe (USA) (1993.04.06 – 1993.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1993.08.17 – 2015.04.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Phoenix (USA) (2003.06.18 – 2003.11.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Christ the King Cathedral, Lubbock, Texas

Churches by City (62)

Las Cruces (←), Santa Fe (↖), Amarillo (↑), Fort Worth (→), San Angelo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,532 km²

Population: 136,894 Catholics (27.7% of 494,458 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes

Personnel: 72 priests (58 diocesan, 14 religious), 85 deacons, 36 religious (14 brothers, 22 sisters), 6 seminarians