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 | 25,800 sq mi (67,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 427,927 50,237 (11.7%) |
Parishes | 38 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 3, 1926 |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Lawrence[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Patrick Zurek |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Garcia-Siller |
Map | |
Website | |
amarillodiocese.org |
The Diocese of Amarillo (Latin: Dioecesis Amarillensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in the Texas Panhandle region in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio.
The mother church of the Diocese of Amarillo is St. Mary's Cathedral in Amarillo. As of 2023, the bishop of Amarillo is Patrick Zurek.