Diocese of San Angelo, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: San Angelo / Angelian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Antonio

Neighbouring Dioceses: El Paso (←), Las Cruces (↖), Lubbock (↑), Fort Worth (↗), Austin (→), San Antonio (↘), Piedras Negras (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Michael (September 29), Saint Pius X (August 21)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 21

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.10.16: Established as Diocese of San Angelo / Angelian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Amarillo, Diocese of Austin and Diocese of Dallas–Fort Worth and became suffragan of San Antonio)
1983.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lubbock

Contact Info

Address: 804 Ford St., P.O. Box 1829, San Angelo, TX 76902-1829, USA

Phone: +1 (915) 651-7500

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.12.12 – ...):

Bishop Michael James Sis (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Angelo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael James Sis (66)
(2013.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA)

Dei sumus adjutores

Born:	1960.01.09 (Mount Holly, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.01.27

Priest of Austin (USA) (1986.07.19 – 2013.12.12)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA) (2013.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I. (88)
(1985.05.31 – 2013.12.12)

Bishop emeritus of San Angelo (USA)

For Christ and his people through Mary

Born:	1937.05.18 (Alamo, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.07.26

Bishop of San Angelo (USA) (1985.05.31 – 2013.12.12)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza (later Archbishop)
(1979.09.04 – 1984.12.06)

Thy kingdom come

Born:	1931.01.25 (Beaumont, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1954.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.10.25
Died:	2022.09.19 (Houston, TX, USA † 91)

Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1954.05.29 – 1979.09.04)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA) (1979.09.04 – 1984.12.06)

Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1984.12.06 – 2004.12.29)

Vice-President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1995 – 1998)

President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (1998 – 2001.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston–Houston (USA) (2004.12.29 – 2006.02.28)

Bishop Stephen Aloysius Leven
(1969.10.20 – 1979.04.24)

Born:	1905.04.30 (Blackwell, OK, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.02.08
Died:	1983.06.28 (Oklahoma City, OK, USA † 78)

Titular Bishop of Bure (1955.12.03 – 1969.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (1955.12.03 – 1969.10.20)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA) (1969.10.20 – 1979.04.24)

Bishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe
(1966.01.12 – 1969.08.27)

Paratum cor meum

Born:	1915.12.17 (Pilot Point, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1943.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.03.09
Died:	2009.01.24 (Dallas, TX, USA † 93)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA) (1966.01.12 – 1969.08.27)

Bishop of Dallas (USA) (1969.08.27 – 1990.07.14)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Drury
(1961.10.30 – 1965.07.19)

Deo servire regnare

Born:	1908.01.04 (Ballynote, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.01.24
Died:	1992.07.22 (Neptune, NJ, USA † 84)

Bishop of San Angelo (USA) (1961.10.30 – 1965.07.19)

Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (1965.07.19 – 1983.05.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, San Angelo, Texas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (70)

El Paso (←), Las Cruces (↖), Lubbock (↑), Fort Worth (↗), Austin (→), San Antonio (↘), Piedras Negras (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 96,951 km²

Population: 118,782 Catholics (14.8% of 803,169 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 64 priests (56 diocesan, 8 religious), 82 deacons, 23 religious (11 brothers, 12 sisters), 9 seminarians