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The archdiocese covers a portion of Southeast Texas, and is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province covering east-Texas. The archdiocese was erected in 2004, having been a diocese since 1959 and the "Diocese of Galveston" since 1847. It is the second metropolitan see in Texas after the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston bought the site in March 1999. The church's 100-seat 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2 ) sanctuary and 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2 ) Formation Center were scheduled to be completed in early March 2004 for a total of $5.8 million.
Holy Rosary School (Galveston) (closed 1979) Immaculate Conception School (Houston) (closed 1969) Immaculate Heart of Mary School [32] St. Joseph School (Houston) (closed 1967) Our Lady of Guadalupe School (Galveston, closed 1986) - consolidated into Galveston Catholic School [54] [58] St. Nicholas School (Houston) (closed 1971)
The Texas Catholic Church comprises 15 Latin Church dioceses and one personal ordinariate led by a bishop. The 15 Latin dioceses are divided into two ecclesiastical provinces . Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop , and six, Galveston-Houston, or seven, San Antonio, suffragan dioceses.
Since St. Mary Cathedral was the first Catholic cathedral in the state of Texas, and the original Diocese of Galveston encompassed the entire state, it has the distinction of being the mother church of all the Catholic dioceses in Texas. [1] St. Mary's Cathedral, Galveston, Texas (postcard, circa 1890–1924) St. Mary Cathedral was named a ...
Joseph Anthony Fiorenza (January 25, 1931 – September 19, 2022) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.He was the seventh bishop and the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas, serving from 1985 to 2006.
Daniel Nicholas DiNardo (born May 23, 1949) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church.He is the second archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas, serving since 2006.
On May 21, 1847, Odin was named the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Galveston, which include all of Texas. [4] He recruited the Brothers of Mary and Oblates of Mary to operate St. Mary's University at Galveston, which he established in 1854. [ 7 ]