Diocese of

Tyler

USA USA

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tyler / Tyleren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Galveston–Houston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 24

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

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

Phone: +1 (903) 534-1077

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.11.11 – ...):Bishop José Stephen Vásquez (67)Bishop José Stephen Vásquez (67)

Bishop of Austin (USA)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tyler (Roman Rite)

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

Bishop Joseph Edward Strickland (65)Bishop Joseph Edward Strickland (65)
(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)Bishop Álvaro Corrada Del Río, S.J. (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.09.12 – 2012.09.29)

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

Bishop Joseph Edward Strickland (65)Msgr. Joseph Edward Strickland (65) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2000.02.03 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop Edmond Carmody (90)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

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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