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Diocese of Amarillo

Dioecesis Amarillensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Patrick James Zurek, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 August 1926
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Antonio
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 9,962 (25,800 Square Miles)
  • Description: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler Counties
  • Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: AMA
  • Official Web Site: https://amarillodiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 4512 N.E. 24th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79107; P.O. Box 5644, Amarillo, TX 79117-5644, USA
  • Telephone: (806) 383-2243
  • Fax: 383-8452

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 August 1926ErectedDiocese of Dallas (Dollam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchison, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb,...)
Diocese of El Paso (Gaines, Andrews, Ector, and Crane)
Diocese of San Antonio (Martin, Howard, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Upton, Reagan, Irion, Tom Green, Concho, Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, Sutton, Kimble, one-half of Mitchell and Coke, and one-eighth of Runnels)
Diocese of Amarillo (erected)
16 October 1961Territory LostDiocese of Amarillo (Counties of Kimble, Sutton, Crockett, Schleicher, Concho, Menard, Tom Green, Irion, Reagan, Upton, Crane, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Scurry, Fisher, and Stonewall)
Diocese of Austin (Counties of McCulloch, Brown, and Coleman)
Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth (Counties of Runnels, Callhan, Taylor, Jones, and Haskell)
Diocese of El Paso (Counties of Pecos and Terrei)
Diocese of San Angelo (erected)
25 March 1983Territory LostDiocese of Amarillo (Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Cottle, Motley, Floyd, Hale, Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Lamb, Kent, Gaines, Dawson, and Borden)
Diocese of San Angelo (Scurry, Fisher, Stonewall, Jones, and Haskell)
Diocese of Lubbock (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
194940,048700,0005.7%3240725564019235ap1951
195872,8001,040,0007.0%6235977503622058ap1960
196680,000777,33910.3%7720978242218090ap1967
1970875,000.0%7373056ap1971
197675,819750,00010.1%6217799591715059ap1977
198089,051812,00011.0%5623791,127332516861ap1981
199031,781385,0008.3%4585359934812633ap1991
199946,356393,82211.8%612637354414835ap2000
200048,783401,26112.2%4935293846313835ap2001
200154,208413,06713.1%486541,00354713835ap2002
200256,361432,19013.0%491059955541114435ap2003
200349,361436,42211.3%43952949541013035ap2004
200443,651432,19010.1%341145970541210635ap2005
200639,609422,4489.4%371148825471210635ap2007
201250,237427,92711.7%371653947571610538ap2013
201548,678448,52510.9%3210421,15953107838ap2016
201842,092441,3409.5%346401,0524869638ap2019
202045,586475,7809.6%313341,3404838038ap2021
202245,870478,7009.6%322341,3494628738ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 19, Page 169, to Page 172

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