Archdiocese of San Antonio

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Bishop(s) José Horacio Gómez, Archbishop Oscar Cantú, Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Fernández Flores, Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Joseph Flanagan, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Bernard Ferdinand Popp, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Amarillo Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Laredo Lubbock San Angelo

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 3 August 1926 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Texas Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 72,081 (27,841 Square Miles) Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SAT Official Web Site: http://www.archdiosa.org/ Mailing Address: 2718 W. Woodlawn Ave., P.O. Box 28410, San Antonio, TX 78228-0410 Telephone: (210)734-2620 Fax: 734-0231

Historical Details

• Diocese of San Antonio
  • Latin Name: Sancti Antonii
  • Erected: 28 August 1874
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer † (2 Sep 1874 Appointed - 14 Apr 1880 Died)
• John Claude Neraz † (18 Feb 1881 Appointed - 15 Nov 1894 Died)
• John Anthony Forest † (27 Aug 1895 Appointed - 11 Mar 1911 Died)
• John William Shaw † (11 Mar 1911 Succeeded - 25 Jan 1918 Appointed, Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (18 Jul 1918 Appointed - 8 Sep 1940 Died)
• Robert Emmet Lucey † (23 Jan 1941 Appointed - 23 May 1969 Retired)
• Francis James Furey † (23 May 1969 Appointed - 23 Apr 1979 Died)
• Patrick Fernández Flores (23 Aug 1979 Appointed - 29 Dec 2004 Retired)
• José Horacio Gómez (29 Dec 2004 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of San Antonio
28 August 1874	Erected	Diocese of Galveston	Diocese of San Antonio (erected)
3 March 1914	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dallas Diocese of San Antonio Diocese of Tucson	Diocese of El Paso (erected)
3 August 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dallas Diocese of San Antonio	Diocese of Amarillo (erected)
Archdiocese of San Antonio
3 August 1926	Elevated	Diocese of San Antonio	Archdiocese of San Antonio
15 November 1947	Territory Lost	Diocese of Dallas Diocese of Galveston Archdiocese of San Antonio	Diocese of Austin (erected)
13 April 1982	Territory Lost	Diocese of Corpus Christi Diocese of Galveston-Houston Archdiocese of San Antonio	Diocese of Victoria in Texas (erected)
3 July 2000	Territory Lost	Diocese of Corpus Christi (Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, and half of La Salle County) Archdiocese of San Antonio (Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit and half of La Salle County)	Diocese of Laredo (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of San Antonio
1950	259,908	725,000	35.8%	133	174	307	846		261	1,070	106	ap1951
1966	507,439	1,222,589	41.5%	214	224	438	1,158		355	1,193	142	ap1967
1970	533,119	1,288,125	41.4%	204	211	415	1,284		412	1,749	147	ap1971
1976	545,266	1,301,500	41.9%	190	225	415	1,313	29	362	1,590	161	ap1977
1980	575,245	1,376,074	41.8%	180	263	443	1,298	76	434	1,500	168	ap1981
1990	594,906	1,663,700	35.8%	144	234	378	1,573	193	404	1,102	184	ap1991
1999	673,026	1,890,760	35.6%	151	222	373	1,804	254	91	939	144	ap2000
2000	616,000	1,802,000	34.2%	175	208	383	1,608	186	341	969	136	ap2001
2001	679,712	1,949,506	34.9%	161	257	418	1,626	284	384	919	144	ap2002
2002	640,186	1,906,519	33.6%	162	188	350	1,829	298	310	865	138	ap2003
2003	644,357	1,959,950	32.9%	155	196	351	1,835	312	256	834	139	ap2004
2004	667,667	1,979,732	33.7%	167	198	365	1,829	313	313	801	139	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Gerald Richard Barnes (Priest: 20 Dec 1975 to 28 Jan 1992)
• Oscar Cantú (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Apr 2008)
• Edmond Carmody (Priest: 8 Jun 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Nov 1988 to 24 Mar 1992)
• Thomas Joseph Flanagan (Priest: 10 Jun 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 1998 to 15 Dec 2005)
• Patrick Fernández Flores (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Mar 1970 to 4 Apr 1978; Archbishop: 23 Aug 1979 to 29 Dec 2004)
• Joseph Anthony Galante (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Oct 1992 to 5 Apr 1994)
• José Horacio Gómez (Archbishop: 29 Dec 2004 - )
• Charles Victor Grahmann (Priest: 17 Mar 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Jun 1981 to 13 Apr 1982)
• Raymundo Joseph Peña (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 1976 to 29 Apr 1980)
• Bernard Ferdinand Popp (Priest: 24 Feb 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1983 to 23 Mar 1993)
• Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Oct 1981 to 17 Aug 1982)
• John Walter Yanta (Priest: 17 Mar 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Oct 1994 to 21 Jan 1997)
• Patrick James Zurek (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 1998 to 3 Jan 2008)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1918; Archbishop: 3 Aug 1926 to 8 Sep 1940)
• Laurence Julius FitzSimon † (Priest: 17 May 1921 to 2 Aug 1941)
• John Anthony Forest † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1895 to 11 Mar 1911)
• Francis James Furey † (Archbishop: 23 May 1969 to 23 Apr 1979)
• Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jul 1975 to 30 Jun 1982)
• Stephen Aloysius Leven † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1955 to 20 Oct 1969)
• Robert Emmet Lucey † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1941 to 23 May 1969)
• John Louis Morkovsky † (Priest: 5 Dec 1933 to 22 Dec 1955)
• John Claude Neraz † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1881 to 15 Nov 1894)
• Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer † (Bishop: 2 Sep 1874 to 14 Apr 1880)
• John William Shaw † (Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Feb 1910; Bishop: 11 Mar 1911 to 25 Jan 1918)