Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville

Diocese of Brownsville Dioecesis Brownsvillensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Starr, Willacy, Hidalgo, and Cameron counties in Southern Texas
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Metropolitan	Brownsville, Texas
Population - Catholics	943,611 (85%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 10, 1965
Cathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Daniel E. Flores Bishop of Brownsville
Metropolitan Archbishop	Daniel DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Emeritus Bishops	Raymundo Joseph Peña
Map
Website
cdob.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Latin: Dioecesis Brownsvillensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. It was founded on July 10, 1965.

The Diocese has the highest percentage of Catholics to total diocese population in the United States: as of 2006 there were 943,611 Catholics among a total population of 1,110,130, or 85.0%.^[1]

Bishops

The list of bishops of the diocese and their terms of service:

1. Adolph Marx (1965)
2. Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1966–1970)
3. John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1971–1991)
4. Enrique San Pedro, SJ (1991–1994)
5. Raymundo Joseph Peña (1994—2009)
6. Daniel E. Flores (2009–)

Education

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, Pharr
• Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville
• Juan Diego Academy, Mission.

Public Broadcasting

The diocese's radio and television stations are operated under the license name of RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.^[2]

• KMBH (TV) DT 38 - PBS-member station
• KJJF 88.9 FM and KHID 88.1 FM - NPR-member stations

References

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville homepage

Immaculate Conception Cathedral

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Diocese of Brownsville Bishops Adolph Marx Humberto Sousa Medeiros John Joseph Fitzpatrick Enrique San Pedro Raymundo Joseph Peña Daniel E. Flores Churches Cathedral Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Brownsville Parishes St. Thomas Church, Brownsville Shrine Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, San Juan Education High Schools Oratory Athenaeum for University Preparation, Pharr Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville Juan Diego Academy, Mission Catholicism Portal

Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′04″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W / 25.93028; -97.48444