The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa ( la, Dioecesis Tulsensis) is a

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covering the

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ern region of the

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of Oklahoma. Its ecclesiastical territory includes all of 31 counties in eastern Oklahoma, including the most populous county of the group,

Tulsa County Tulsa County is located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 669,279, making it the second-most populous county in Oklahoma, behind only Oklahoma County. Its county seat and largest city is Tulsa, the secon ...

. The resignation of Bishop

Edward James Slattery Edward James Slattery (born August 11, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa in Oklahoma from 1993 to 2016. Biography Early life The second of seven children, Edward Slatt ...

was accepted on May 13, 2016, and

David Konderla David Austin Konderla (born June 3, 1960) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa in Oklahoma on May 13, 2016. Biography Early life Konderla was born on June 3, 1960, ...

was named his successor.

History

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma was founded by French

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who entered

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in 1875. St Gregory's Abbey in

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owes its origins to those same Frenchmen. Pope Paul VI erected Diocese of Tulsa on December 13, 1972, taking its present territory from the former Diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa. He simultaneously elevated the mother diocese to a metropolitan archdiocese and changed its title to Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. At present, there are a total of 78

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es (including mission churches) in the of the diocese. The official

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and information publication of the diocese is ''The

Eastern Oklahoma Catholic ''Eastern Oklahoma Catholic'' is a monthly magazine (combined in January/February and July/August) published by the Diocese of Tulsa. A yearly subscription costs $35. The current publisher of the newspaper is Edward James Slattery, Bishop of Tu ...

''.

Bishops

Bishops of Tulsa

# Bernard J. Ganter (1972–1977), appointed Bishop of Beaumont # Eusebius J. Beltran (1978–1992), appointed Archbishop of Oklahoma City #

(1993–2016) #

(2016–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Peter Bryan Wells Peter Bryan Wells (born May 12, 1963) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has worked in Rome in the administration of the Secretariat of State and i ...

, appointed titular Archbishop and nuncio in 2016 *

Daniel Henry Mueggenborg Daniel Henry Mueggenborg (born April 15, 1962) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Reno in Nevada since 2021. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in W ...

, appointed auxiliary bishop of Seattle in 2017

Cathedral

Liturgical institute

*Te Deum Institute of Sacred Liturgy
. Diocese of Tulsa official website. Retrieved April 30, 2016.

Newspaper

Education

The superintendent of the diocese is David Dean.

High schools

Bishop Kelley High School Bishop Kelley High School is an American Lasallian Catholic high school with 905 students, grades 9 to 12, located at 41st and Hudson Avenue, in the center of the Tulsa metropolitan area (in the Midtown area), on a campus spanning just over 47 ...

, Tulsa *

Cascia Hall Preparatory School Cascia Hall Preparatory School is an Augustinian Roman Catholic coeducational College-preparatory day school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association. It is one of Tulsa's two Catholic high schools, w ...

, Tulsa

Ecclesiastical province

:''See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Oklahoma City''

References

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa Official SiteArchdiocese of Oklahoma City
official website {{Coord, 36, 07, 53, N, 95, 56, 14, W, source:plwiki, display=title Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Oklahoma City Catholic Church in Oklahoma

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

Christian organizations established in 1972