The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock 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 March 25, 1983. The Diocese of Lubbock—encompassing 25 counties on the Llano Estacado and Rolling Plains of West Texas—is a church of 83,000 Roman Catholics who gather in 62 parish churches as of June of 2008.

The past bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

s of the diocese are:

• Michael Jarboe Sheehan
  Michael Jarboe Sheehan
  Michael Jarboe Sheehan is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eleventh and current Archbishop of Santa Fe, having previously served as Bishop of Lubbock from 1983 to 1993.-Early life and ministry:...
  
   (1983–1993)
• Plácido Rodriguez
  Plácido Rodriguez
  Plácido Rodriguez is the current bishop of Lubbock. Rodriguez was born in Celaya, Mexico to Eutimio and Maria Conception. He was the 11th born out of 14 children; his family emigrated to Chicago in 1953, when he was twelve years old. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1968...
  
  (1994—)

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock Home Page