Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo is a Roman Catholic diocese
covering twenty-nine counties in western and central Texas
. It was founded on October 16, 1961.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, encompasses some 37433 square miles (96,951 km²). It comprises 29 counties in West and Central Texas: Andrews, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Martin, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green and Upton.
Major cities located in the diocese are: Abilene, Big Spring, Brownwood, Fort Stockton, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, and Sweetwater.
The past bishop
s of the diocese are:
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...
covering twenty-nine counties in western and central 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 October 16, 1961.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, encompasses some 37433 square miles (96,951 km²). It comprises 29 counties in West and Central Texas: Andrews, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Martin, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green and Upton.
Major cities located in the diocese are: Abilene, Big Spring, Brownwood, Fort Stockton, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, and Sweetwater.
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:
- Thomas Joseph DruryThomas Joseph DruryThomas Joseph Drury was the first Roman Catholic bishop of San Angelo and fourth bishop of Corpus Christi.He was born on January 4, 1908 in Ballymote, Ireland. He was ordained a priest on June 2, 1935 after immigrating to the United States. He was appointed Bishop of San Angelo on October 30,...
(1961–1965) - Thomas Ambrose TschoepeThomas Ambrose TschoepeThomas Ambrose Tschoepe was the second Roman Catholic bishop of San Angelo, Texas and the fifth bishop of Dallas, Texas....
(1966–1969) - Stephen Aloysius LevenStephen Aloysius LevenStephen Aloysius Leven was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of San Angelo from 1969 to 1979.-Biography:...
(1969–1979) - Joseph Anthony Fiorenza (1979–1984)
- Michael David PfeiferMichael David PfeiferMichael David Pfeifer is the fifth and current Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo. He was born in Alamo, Texas, the son of Maund Pfeifer and Alice Clausney Savage. On December 21, 1964 he was ordained a priest for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and served as a missionary...
(1985—)