Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Las Vegas

Archdiocese of Las Vegas

Archidiœcesis Campensis
Guardian Angel Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryCounties of Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine
Ecclesiastical provinceLas Vegas
Statistics
Area39,688 sq mi (102,790 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2018)
2,263,946
620,000 [1] (27.4%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established
  • March 21, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-21) (as Diocese of Las Vegas)[1]
  • May 30, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-05-30) (elevated to archdiocese)
CathedralGuardian Angel Cathedral
Patron saint
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopGeorge Leo Thomas
Auxiliary BishopsGregory W. Gordon
Judicial VicarRobert M. Herbst
Bishops emeritusJoseph A. Pepe
Map
Website
lvcatholic.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Archdiocese of Las Vegas (Latin: Archidiœcesis Campensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in southern Nevada, United States.

The seat of the archdiocese is Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas. The see had been a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from its creation in 1995 until 2023, when Las Vegas was elevated as a metropolitan see. The Archdiocese of Las Vegas has two suffragan sees in its ecclesiastical province: the Dioceses of Reno and Salt Lake City.[3]

  1. ^ a b "DiocesanFacts". Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  2. ^ "DiocesanFacts".
  3. ^ "Viva Arch Vegas! LV diocese elevated". The Pillar. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.