Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo

Diocese of Amarillo Dioecesis Amarillensis
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Location
Country	United States
Territory	Panhandle of Texas
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Antonio
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 427,927 50,237 (11.7%)
Parishes	38
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	August 3, 1926
Cathedral	St. Mary's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Patrick Zurek Bishop of Amarillo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gustavo Garcia-Siller Archbishop of San Antonio
Emeritus Bishops	Leroy Matthiesen John Walter Yanta
Map
File:Diocese of Amarillo in Texas.jpg
Website
amarillodiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo (Latin: Dioecesis Amarillensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Amarillo, Texas. It was founded on August 3, 1926 (coincidentally, the same day that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio, its metropolitan see, was elevated to metropolitical status).

Ordinaries

The list of bishops and their terms of service:

1. Rudolph Gerken (1926–1933)
2. Robert Emmet Lucey (1934–1941)
3. Laurence Julius FitzSimon (1941–1958)
4. John Louis Morkovsky (1958–1963)
5. Lawrence Michael De Falco (1963–1979)
6. Leroy Theodore Matthiesen (1980–1997)
7. John Walter Yanta (1997–2008)
8. Patrick Zurek (2008–present)

High schools

• Holy Cross Catholic Academy, Amarillo

Former Cathedrals

• Sacred Heart Cathedral (Amarillo, Texas), 1927-1975
• St. Laurence Catholic Church (Amarillo, Texas), 1975-2011

See also

• Catholic Church by country
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio
• Global organisation of the Catholic Church
• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
• List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo Official Site