Archdiocese of San Antonio
Sancti Antonii
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Antonio, Texas, United States
The Archdiocese of San Antonio is a Latin Church metropolitan see in south-central Texas, erected as a diocese in 1874 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1926. It is the metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio and seated at San Fernando Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 August 1874
- Latin
- Sancti Antonii
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002869
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,160,000
- Population
- 2,798,718
- Catholic share
- 41.4%
- Priests
- 144
- Catholics per priest
- 8,056
- Extent
- 72,108 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S.
- Born
- 21 December 1956
- Birthplace
- San Luis Potosí
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO (M.Sp.S.)
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
San Fernando Cathedral stands in San Antonio, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmarilloAmarillo
- Diocese of DallasDallas
- Diocese of El PasoEl Paso
- Diocese of Fort WorthFort Worth
- Diocese of LaredoLaredo
- Diocese of LubbockLubbock
- Diocese of San AngeloSan Angelo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Spanning 27,841 square miles (72,110 km2) of the U.S. state of Texas, the Archdiocese of San Antonio (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. In 2025 its population stood at 1,148,253.
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].