Diocese of Austin Dioecesis Austiniensis | |
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 St. Mary's Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Counties of Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson, and the part of Fayette County north of the Colorado River |
| Ecclesiastical province | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 57,424 km2 (22,172 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 3,093,312 571,335 (18.5%) |
| Parishes | 123[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | November 15, 1947 |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral, Austin |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joe S. Vásquez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Daniel DiNardo |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| austindiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Austin (Latin: Dioecesis Austiniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church comprising 25 counties of Central Texas in the United States. The diocese estimates a population of over 625,000 Catholics.
As of 2021, the Diocese of Austin had 216 priests (168 active, 48 retired); 240 permanent deacons (160 active, 80 retired); and approximately 30 brothers and 84 sisters.[3] It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
- ^ "Diocese of Austin Fact Sheet" (PDF). Diocese of Austin.
- ^ "COVID-19 Response & Resources".
- ^ "Diocese of Austin Fact Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-06-26.