Diocese of Tulsa
Tulsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
The Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma is a Latin Church diocese covering eastern Oklahoma, erected in 1972 from the territory of present-day Oklahoma City. David A. Konderla has served as bishop since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 December 1972
- Latin
- Tulsen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001000016
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 56,094
- Population
- 1,745,057
- Catholic share
- 3.2%
- Priests
- 122
- Catholics per priest
- 460
- Extent
- 68,420 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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 A. Konderla
- Born
- 3 June 1960
- Birthplace
- Bryan
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
Holy Family Cathedral stands in Tulsa, 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 Oklahoma City
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma CityOklahoma City
- Diocese of Little RockLittle Rock
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern Oklahoma in the United States is served by the Diocese of Tulsa, also called the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma (Latin: Dioecesis Tulsensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa is its mother church, and the diocese is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. As of 2026 the bishop is David Konderla.
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].