Diocese of Tyler, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tyler / Tyleren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Galveston–Houston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 24

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1986.12.12: Established as Diocese of Tyler / Tyleren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Beaumont, Diocese of Dallas and Diocese of Galveston–Houston and became suffragan of San Antonio)
2004.12.29: Became suffragan of Galveston–Houston

Contact Info

Address: Chancery, 1015 ESE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701-9663, USA

Phone: +1 (903) 534-1077

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.12.20 – ...):

Bishop John Gregory Kelly (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tyler (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Gregory Kelly (68)
(2024.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Tyler (USA)

Take courage

Born:	1956.02.15 (LeMars, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.11

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1982.05.15 – 2015.12.16)

Titular Bishop of Jamestown (2015.12.16 – 2024.12.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas (USA) (2015.12.16 – 2024.12.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Dallas (USA) (2016.08.15 – 2016.12.13)

Bishop of Tyler (USA) (2024.12.20 – ...)

Bishop José Stephen Vásquez (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.11.11 – 2024.12.20)

Bishop Joseph Edward Strickland (66)
(2012.09.29 – 2023.11.11 deposed)

Bishop emeritus of Tyler (USA)

Ut inhabitem in domo Domini

Born:	1958.10.31 (Fredericksburg, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1985.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.11.28

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1985.07.01 – 1986.12.12)

Priest of Tyler (USA) (1986.12.12 – 2012.09.29)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.11.22 – 2012.09.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Tyler (USA) (2000.02.03 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Tyler (USA) (2012.09.29 – 2023.11.11 deposed)

Bishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J. (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.09.12 – 2012.09.29)

Bishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J. (82)
(2000.12.05 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop emeritus of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)

Neminem nisi Jesum

Born:	1942.05.13 (Santurce, Puerto Rico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.08.04

Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (1985.05.31 – 2000.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (1985.05.31 – 2000.12.05)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Caguas (Puerto Rico) (1997.07.04 – 1998.07.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Caguas (Puerto Rico) (1998.07.28 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Tyler (USA) (2000.12.05 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (2011.07.06 – 2020.05.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Tyler (USA) (2011.09.12 – 2012.09.29)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (2015 – 2020)

Apostolic Administrator of Arecibo (Puerto Rico) (2022.03.09 – 2022.09.14)

Msgr. Joseph Edward Strickland (66) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2000.02.03 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop Edmond Carmody (90)
(1992.03.24 – 2000.02.03)

Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA)

With Christ all is possible

Born:	1934.01.12 (Ahalane, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.12.15

Priest of San Antonio (USA) (1957.06.08 – 1988.11.08)

Titular Bishop of Mortlach (1988.11.08 – 1992.03.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (1988.11.08 – 1992.03.24)

Bishop of Tyler (USA) (1992.03.24 – 2000.02.03)

Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (2000.02.03 – 2010.01.18)

Bishop Charles Edwin Herzig
(1986.12.12 – 1991.09.07)

To build up the body of Christ

Born:	1929.08.14 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1955.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.02.24
Died:	1991.09.07 († 62)

Bishop of Tyler (USA) (1986.12.12 – 1991.09.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Tyler, Texas
Shrines in the Ordinary Jubilee 2025

Churches by City (72)

Austin (↙), Dallas (←), Tulsa (↑), Little Rock (↗), Shreveport (→), Alexandria (↘), Beaumont (↓), Galveston–Houston (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,720 km²

Population: 119,168 Catholics (8.3% of 1,436,247 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 90 priests (80 diocesan, 10 religious), 86 deacons, 55 religious (10 brothers, 45 sisters), 18 seminarians

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