Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso
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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.
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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 (1914-03-03)[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 |
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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.