Diocese of El Paso Dioecesis Elpasensis Diócesis de El Paso | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of El Paso, Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves, Ward and Winkler |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Antonio |
Population - Catholics | 668,000 (80.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3 March 1914[1] |
Cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Patrick |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mark J. Seitz |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Garcia-Siller |
Auxiliary Bishops | Anthony Cerdan Celino |
Map | |
Website | |
elpasodiocese.org |
The Diocese of El Paso (Latin: Dioecesis Elpasensis, Spanish: Diócesis de El Paso) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the El Paso Valley in Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The mother church of the Diocese of El Paso is St. Patrick's Cathedral in El Paso. As of 2023, the current bishop is Mark J. Seitz.