Diocese of Brownsville
Brovnsvillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Brownsville, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Brownsville, erected in 1965, serves the four counties of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. A suffragan of Galveston-Houston, it has been led by Bishop Daniel E. Flores since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 July 1965
- Latin
- Brovnsvillen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000963
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,181,287
- Population
- 1,377,861
- Catholic share
- 85.7%
- Priests
- 108
- Catholics per priest
- 10,938
- Extent
- 10,945 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
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
- Daniel E. Flores
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
Immaculate Conception Cathedral stands in Brownsville, 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 BeaumontBeaumont
- 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
Erected in 1965, the Diocese of Brownsville (Latin: Dioecesis Brownsvillensis, Spanish: Diócesis de Brownsville) lies in southeastern Texas in the United States, a suffragan within the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Its cathedral church is Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Brownsville, and Daniel E. Flores serves as bishop.
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].