Diocese of Beaumont
Bellomonten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Beaumont, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Beaumont, erected in 1966, serves southeastern Texas. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and is led by Bishop David L. Toups.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 June 1966
- Latin
- Bellomonten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001000864
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 71,000
- Population
- 630,000
- Catholic share
- 11.3%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 1,203
- Extent
- 20,404 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- David L. Toups
- Born
- 26 March 1971
- Birthplace
- Seattle
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica stands in Beaumont, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Galveston-Houston
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Galveston-HoustonHouston
- Diocese of AustinAustin
- Diocese of BrownsvilleBrownsville
- Diocese of Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi
- Diocese of TylerTyler
- Diocese of Victoria in TexasVictoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Nine counties in Texas fall under the Diocese of Beaumont (Latin: Dioecesis Bellomontensis), a Catholic see in the United States that is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica is its cathedral church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].