Diocese of Tulsa, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tulsa / Tulsen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Oklahoma City

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Holy Family

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 12

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1972.12.13: Established as Diocese of Tulsa / Tulsen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Oklahoma City–Tulsa and became suffragan of Oklahoma City)

Contact Info

Address: 12300 E 91st St. South, Broken Arrow, OK 74012, USA

Phone: +1 (918) 294-1904

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.05.13 – ...):

Bishop David Austin Konderla (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tulsa (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Austin Konderla (64)
(2016.05.13 – ...)

Bishop of Tulsa (USA)

Nisi Dominus ædificaverit

Born:	1960.06.03 (Bryan, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.06.29

Priest of Austin (USA) (1995.06.03 – 2016.05.13)

Bishop of Tulsa (USA) (2016.05.13 – ...)

Bishop Edward James Slattery
(1993.11.11 – 2016.05.13)

Tu solus sanctus

Born:	1940.08.11 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.01.06
Died:	2024.09.13 (Tulsa, OK, USA † 84)

Priest of Chicago (USA) (1966.04.26 – 1993.11.11)

Bishop of Tulsa (USA) (1993.11.11 – 2016.05.13)

Bishop Eusebius Joseph Beltran (90) (later Archbishop)
(1978.02.17 – 1992.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Oklahoma City (USA)

We are one in Christ

Born:	1934.08.31 (Ashley, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.20

Priest of Atlanta (USA) (1960.05.14 – 1978.02.17)

Bishop of Tulsa (USA) (1978.02.17 – 1992.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA) (1992.11.24 – 2010.12.16)

Bishop Bernard James Ganter
(1972.12.13 – 1977.10.18)

Born:	1928.07.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.02.07
Died:	1993.10.09 († 65)

Bishop of Tulsa (USA) (1972.12.13 – 1977.10.18)

Bishop of Beaumont (USA) (1977.10.18 – 1993.10.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Family, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Shrines in the Ordinary Jubilee 2025

Churches by City (80)

Dallas (↙), Oklahoma City (←), Wichita (↖), Springfield–Cape Girardeau (↗), Little Rock (→), Tyler (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 68,394 km²

Population: 60,800 Catholics (3.5% of 1,745,057 total)

Pastoral Centres: 78 parishes

Personnel: 122 priests (88 diocesan, 34 religious), 95 deacons, 122 religious (83 brothers, 39 sisters), 14 seminarians

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