Suffragan diocese Victoria, Texas, United States
Diocese of Victoria in Texas
Victorien(sis) in Texia
Latin Church
The Diocese of Victoria in Texas is a Latin Church diocese in southern Texas, erected in 1982 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Brendan J. Cahill has served as bishop since his appointment in 2015.
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- Established
- 1982
- Catholics
- 106,441
- Priests
- 78
- Territory
- 24,887 km²
Parishes and churches
69 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Rose of LimaSchulenburgMass times recorded
- St. TheresaLaSalleMass times recorded
- St. WenceslausHolmanMass times recorded
- Sts. Cyril and MethodiusCisternMass times recorded
- Sts. Cyril and MethodiusDubinaMass times recorded
- Sts. Cyril and MethodiusShinerMass times recorded
- Sts. Peter and PaulFrelsburgMass times recorded
- Sts. Peter and PaulMeyersvilleMass times recorded
- Sts. Peter and PaulPlumMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Brendan J. Cahill
- Born
- 28 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Coral Gables
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory stands in Victoria, 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.
History
Southern Texas is home to the Diocese of Victoria in Texas (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis in Texia), whose mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory. A suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the diocese is led by Bishop Brendan J. Cahill.
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Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Brendan Cahill as Bishop of Joliet
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Brendan J. Cahill as the new bishop of Joliet, Illinois. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced the appointment on September 17, 2026. Bishop Cahill, who has led the Diocese of Victoria in Texas since 2015, succeeds Ronald A. Hicks. Hicks previously served as the bishop of Joliet for five years before being appointed archbishop of New York in December 2025. Since that time, Auxiliary Bishop Dennis E. Spies has served as the apostolic administrator for the Joliet Diocese. Cahill currently serves a three-year term as chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in 1990 and received his episcopal consecration in 2015. Archbishop Hicks described Cahill as a man of deep faith and a pastor for those on the margins, noting that his fluency in Spanish will benefit the diocese. The Diocese of Joliet plans to schedule Cahill's installation Mass for November.
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