Diocese of Tucson Dioecesis Tucsonensis Diócesis de Tucson | |
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 St. Augustine Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation), Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Yuma, and La Paz in Arizona |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santa Fe |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 42,707 sq mi (110,610 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,689,676 382,123 (22.6%) |
| Parishes | 77 |
| Schools | 22 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 8, 1897 (127 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Augustine Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Augustine of Hippo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Edward Weisenburger |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | John Charles Wester |
| Bishops emeritus | Gerald Frederick Kicanas |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| diocesetucson.org | |
The Diocese of Tucson (Latin: Dioecesis Tucsonensis – Spanish: Diócesis de Tucson) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory – or diocese – of the Roman Catholic Church in southern Arizona in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
The mother church for the Diocese of Tucson is St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson. Tucson is also home to Mission San Xavier del Bac. As of 2023, the bishop of Tucson is Edward Weisenburger.[1]
- ^ "Bishop Kicanas of Tucson retires; pope names Kansas bishop his successor". Catholicnews.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved 2021-12-15.