Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville

Diocese of Brownsville Dioecesis Brownsvillensis
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Brownsville
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Four counties in Southern Texas
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Metropolitan	Brownsville, Texas
Population - Catholics	943,611
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 10, 1965
Cathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Daniel E. Flores Bishop of Brownsville
Metropolitan Archbishop	Daniel DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Emeritus Bishops	Raymundo Joseph Peña
Map
Website
cdob.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Latin: Dioecesis Brownsvillensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. It was founded on July 10, 1965. The number of catholics is 943,611 among the total population of 1,110,130 in 2006. The percentage of catholics is 85.0%, the highest in the United States.^[1]

Bishops

• Adolph Marx (1965)
• Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1966–1970)
• John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1971–1991)
• Enrique San Pedro, SJ (1991–1994)
• Raymundo Joseph Peña (1994—2009)
• Daniel E. Flores (2009–)

Education

Middle and Elementary schools

The diocese operates the following schools: Guadalupe Regional Middle School, 6-8, (Brownsville; St. Joseph's School, PK-8 (Edinburg); St. Mary's School, PK-6 (Brownsville); St. Luke's School, PK-6 (Brownsville); Our Lady of Sorrows School, PK-8 (McAllen); St. Anthony's School, PK-8(Harlingen); Incarnate Word School, PK-8 (Brownsville); St. Martin de Porras School, PK-3, (Weslaco); Oratory Academy, PK-8 (Pharr); Our Lady of Guadalupe School, PK-6 (Mission); Immaculate Conception School, PK-8 (Rio Grande City).

High schools

• Oratory Athenaeum for University Preparation, Pharr
• Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville
• San Juan Diego Catholic Academy, Mission.

Public Broadcasting

The diocese's radio and television stations are operated under the license name of RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.^[2]

• KMBH (TV) DT 38 - PBS-member station
• KMBH-FM 88.9 FM and KHID 88.1 FM - NPR-member stations

References

1. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbrow.html
2. ^ About Us

External links

• Catholic Diocese of Brownsville homepage