Diocese of Austin
Diocese of Austin Dioecesis Austiniensis | |
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St. Mary's Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson, and the part of Fayette County north of the Colorado River |
| Ecclesiastical province | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 57,424 km2 (22,172 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 123 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | November 15, 1947 |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral, Austin |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Daniel E. Garcia |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joe S. Vásquez |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| austindiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Austin (Latin: Dioecesis Austiniensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church comprising 25 counties of Central Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Daniel E. Garcia is the bishop.