The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo ( la, Dioecesis Amarillensis) is a
Roman Catholic
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diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
in
Amarillo
Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Cou ...
,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. It was founded on August 3, 1926 out of territory taken from the Diocese of Dallas
and the Diocese of San Antonio on the same day that the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio
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, its
metropolitan see
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, was elevated to metropolitan status, replacing
.
The Diocese consists of the following 26 counties in the Texas panhandle: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler.
Bishops
Bishops of Amarillo
The list of bishops and their terms of service:
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Rudolph Gerken (1926–1933), appointed
Archbishop of Santa Fe
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Robert Emmet Lucey (1934–1941), appointed
Archbishop of San Antonio
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Laurence Julius FitzSimon
Laurence Julius FitzSimon (January 31, 1895 – July 2, 1958) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo in Texas from 1941 until his death in 1958.
Biography
Early life
Laurence Fi ...
(1941–1958)
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John Louis Morkovsky John Ludvik Morkovsky (August 16, 1909 – March 24, 1990) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo in Texas from 1958 to 1963 and as bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas f ...
(1958–1963), appointed
Bishop of Galveston-Houston
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Lawrence Michael De Falco (1963–1979)
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Leroy Theodore Matthiesen (1980–1997)
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John Walter Yanta
John Walter Yanta (October 2, 1931 – August 6, 2022) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo in Texas from 1997 to 2008 and as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Anto ...
(1997–2008)
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Patrick Zurek (2008–present)
Other priest of the diocese who became a bishop
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Thomas Joseph Drury, appointed
Bishop of San Angelo in 1961 and later
Bishop of Corpus Christi
Education
; High Schools
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Holy Cross Catholic Academy, Amarillo
Former Cathedrals
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Sacred Heart Cathedral (Amarillo, Texas)
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a former cathedral church located in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It was the seat of the Diocese of Amarillo from 1927 to 1975.
History Sacred Heart Parish
The Rev. David H. Dunn, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in ...
, 1927-1975
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St. Laurence Catholic Church (Amarillo, Texas), 1975-2011
See also
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Catholic Church by country
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Catholic Church in the United States
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Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio
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Global organisation of the Catholic Church
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List of Roman Catholic archdioceses
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Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic po ...
(by country and continent)
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
This is a growing list of territorial Catholic dioceses and ordinariates in communion with the Holy See. There are approximately 3,000 actual (i.e., non-titular) dioceses in the Catholic Church (including the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Ch ...
(including archdioceses)
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)
As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apost ...
(including archdioceses)
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List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
This is the list of the Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparc ...
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo Official Site
Christian organizations established in 1926
Culture of Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo
Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Cou ...
Amarillo
Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Cou ...
1926 establishments in Texas
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