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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo ( la, Dioecesis Amarillensis) is a
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Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of Potter County, Texas, Potter County. It is the List of cities in Texas by population, 14th-most populous city in Texas and th ...
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. 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
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. 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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(1926–1933), appointed
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# Robert Emmet Lucey (1934–1941), appointed
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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) #
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 fr ...
(1958–1963), appointed Bishop of Galveston-Houston # Lawrence Michael De Falco (1963–1979) # Leroy Theodore Matthiesen (1980–1997) #
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) #
Patrick Zurek Patrick James Zurek (born 17 August 1948) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He has served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo, Bishop of Amarillo since February 22, 2008. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman C ...
(2008–present)


Other priest of the diocese who became a bishop

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Thomas Joseph Drury Thomas Joseph Drury DD LHD (January 4, 1908 – July 22, 1992) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo in Texas from 1962 to 1965 and as the fourth bishop of the Dioc ...
, appointed Bishop of San Angelo in 1961 and later Bishop of Corpus Christi


Education

; High Schools *
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, 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 * St. Laurence Catholic Church (Amarillo, Texas), 1975-2011


See also

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* Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio *
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References


External links


Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo Official Site
Christian organizations established in 1926 Culture of Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of Potter County, Texas, Potter County. It is the List of cities in Texas by population, 14th-most populous city in Texas and th ...
Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of Potter County, Texas, Potter County. It is the List of cities in Texas by population, 14th-most populous city in Texas and th ...
1926 establishments in Texas {{US-RC-diocese-stub