Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo

Diocese of Laredo Dioecesis Laredanus
San Agustin Cathedral
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata, and Zavala
Ecclesiastical province	San Antonio
Metropolitan	Gustavo Garcia-Siller
Population - Catholics	222,250 (74.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 3, 2000
Cathedral	Cathedral of San Agustin
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	James Anthony Tamayo
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Website
dioceseoflaredo.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Laredanus) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Laredo, Texas. It was founded on July 3, 2000. The San Agustin Cathedral is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Laredo. James Anthony Tamayo is the current bishop of the Diocese. It covers an area of 10,905 sq. mi. and has 289,415 members. It has 52 priests, 32 deacons, 32 parishes, and 17 missions.^[1]

History

On July 3, 2000, the Diocese of Laredo was created by Pope John Paul II , under Auxiliary Bishop James Anthony Tamayo, from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the First Bishop of Laredo. The Laredo diocese included portions of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, namely the counties of Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata, and Zavala. On August 9, 2000, the Apostolic Letters erecting the diocese and installing Bishop Tamayo were formally read by the Apostolic Nuncio in the presence of 25 bishops, over 200 priests, 50 deacons and 3000 other faithful who gathered for the occasion at the Laredo Civic Center.

Parishes of the Diocese of Laredo that were formerly part of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. In the order of their founding, they are:

Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio

Archdiocese of San Antonio Diocese of Amarillo Diocese of Dallas Diocese of El Paso Diocese of Fort Worth Diocese of Laredo Diocese of Lubbock Diocese of San Angelo

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