Diocese of Laredo
Laredan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Laredo, Texas, United States
The Diocese of Laredo is a Latin Rite see in south Texas, erected in 2000 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of San Antonio. James Tamayo remains the ordinary as of June 2026; Bishop-elect John Jairo Gomez is scheduled to be installed as second bishop on June 30, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 2000
- Latin
- Laredan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Annuario code
- 001001958
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 328,508
- Population
- 360,998
- Catholic share
- 91.0%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 5,763
- Extent
- 27,490 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- John Jairo Gomez (bishop-elect, installation June 30, 2026)
- Born
- 23 October 1949
- Birthplace
- Brownsville
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
Cathedral of San Agustin stands in Laredo, 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 San Antonio
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San AntonioSan Antonio
- Diocese of AmarilloAmarillo
- Diocese of DallasDallas
- Diocese of El PasoEl Paso
- Diocese of Fort WorthFort Worth
- Diocese of LubbockLubbock
- Diocese of San AngeloSan Angelo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 2000, the Diocese of Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Laredanus, Spanish: Diócesis de Laredo) serves South Texas in the United States as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio. San Agustin Cathedral in Laredo is its mother church, and John Jairo Gomez 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].