Diocese of Brownsville
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Diocese of Brownsville Dioecesis Brownsvillensis |
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Counties of Starr, Willacy, Hidalgo, and Cameron counties in Southern Texas |
| Ecclesiastical province | Galveston-Houston |
| Metropolitan | Daniel DiNardo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,226 sq mi (10,950 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 1,264,091 1,074,477 (85.0%) |
| Parishes | 69 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 10, 1965 |
| Cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Daniel E. Flores |
| Emeritus Bishops | Raymundo Joseph Peña |
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| Website | |
| cdob.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville (Latin: Dioecesis Brownsvillensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, in Texas, USA.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Brownsville, Texas
It also has a Minor Basilica& National Shrine: Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle - National Shrine in San Juan, Texas.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,090,000 Catholics (85.0% of 1,283,000 total) on 111,125 km² in 71 parishes, 3 missions, 118 priests (85 diocesan, 33 religious), 92 deacons, 140 lay religious (52 brothers, 88 sisters), 18 seminarians.
The Diocese has the highest percentage of Catholics to total diocese population in the United States: as of 2006 there were 943,611 Catholics among a total population of 1,110,130, or 85.0%.
(all Roman rite, often foreigners)
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-8 (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).
The diocese's radio and television stations are operated under the license name of RGV Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′04″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W
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