The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville is a Roman Catholic diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. It was founded on July 10, 1965. The number of catholics is 943,611 among the total population of 1,110,130 in 2006. The percentage of catholics is 85.0%, the highest in the United States.

Bishops

• Adolph Marx
  Adolph Marx (bishop)
  Adolph Marx was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, in Brownsville, Texas....
  
   (1965)
• Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1966–1970)
• John Joseph Fitzpatrick
  John Joseph Fitzpatrick
  Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami and the third Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville . He was also the Titular Bishop of Cenae .He was ordained a priest on December 13, 1942 when he was 24 years old...
  
   (1971–1991)
• Enrique San Pedro, SJ (1991–1994)
• Raymundo Joseph Peña
  Raymundo Joseph Peña
  Raymundo Joseph Peña is an American Roman Catholic bishop.Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, he was the son of Cosme A. Peña and Elisa Ramon Peña. He attended St. John’s Seminary, and Assumption Seminary, both in San Antonio, Texas. He was ordained on 25 May 1957 at Corpus Christi Cathedral by the...
  
   (1994—2009)
• Daniel E. Flores
  Daniel E. Flores
  Daniel Ernesto Flores is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Bishop of Brownsville since December 2009. He had previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit....
  
   (2009–)

Middle and Elementary schools

The diocese operates the following schools:
Guadalupe Regional Middle School, 6-8, (Brownsville;
St. Joseph's School, PK-8 (Edinburg);
St. Mary's School, PK-6 (Brownsville);
St. Luke's School, PK-6 (Brownsville);
Our Lady of Sorrows School, PK-8 (McAllen);
St. Anthony's School, PK-8(Harlingen);
Incarnate Word School, PK-8 (Brownsville);
St. Martin de Porras School, PK-3, (Weslaco);
Oratory Academy, PK-8 (Pharr);
Our Lady of Guadalupe School, PK-6 (Mission);
Immaculate Conception School, PK-8 (Rio Grande City).

High schools

• Oratory Athenaeum for University Preparation
  Oratory Athenaeum for University Preparation
  Oratory Athenæum for University Preparation is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Pharr, Texas. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville.-Background:...
  
  , Pharr
• Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville
• San Juan Diego Catholic Academy, Mission.

Public Broadcasting

The diocese's radio and television stations are operated under the license name of RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.

• KMBH (TV) DT 38 - PBS
  Public Broadcasting Service
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  -member station
• KMBH-FM
  KMBH-FM
  KMBH-FM , is a National Public Radio member station in Harlingen, Texas, United States.-External links:*...
  
   88.9 FM and KHID 88.1 FM - NPR-member stations