Diocese of Laredo Dioecesis Laredanus Diócesis de Laredo | |
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San Agustin Cathedral | |
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Location | |
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Territory | Counties of Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata, and Zavala |
Ecclesiastical province | San Antonio |
Population - Catholics | 222,250 (74.5%) |
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Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 3, 2000 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of San Agustin |
Patron saint | Saint Augustine of Hippo[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | James Anthony Tamayo |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Garcia-Siller |
Map | |
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Website | |
dioceseoflaredo.org |
The Diocese of Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Laredanus, Spanish: Diócesis de Laredo) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in South Texas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio
The Diocese of Laredo was founded on July 3, 2000. The San Agustin Cathedral in Laredo is the mother church of the diocese. James Tamayo is the first and current bishop.