Archdiocese of Las Vegas
Campen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
The Archdiocese of Las Vegas is a Latin Rite see covering five Nevada counties, erected as a diocese in 1995 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2023 with Reno and Salt Lake City as suffragans. Archbishop George Leo Thomas has led it since 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1995
- Latin
- Campen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001001965
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 620,000
- Population
- 2,263,946
- Catholic share
- 27.4%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 7,381
- Extent
- 102,792 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.0
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
- Archbishop
- George Leo Thomas
- Born
- 19 May 1950
- Birthplace
- Anaconda
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
Guardian Angel Cathedral stands in Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of RenoReno
- Diocese of Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Nevada in the United States belongs to the Archdiocese of Las Vegas (Latin: Archidiœcesis Campensis), seated at Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas. From its creation in 1995 the see was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, until 2023, when Las Vegas was raised to metropolitan rank.
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].