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Diocese of Phoenix

Diocese of Phoenix
Dioecesis Phoenicensis
CoA Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.svg
Location
Country United States
Territory Arizona counties of Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation), and also includes the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal County
Ecclesiastical province Santa Fe
Deaneries 7
Coordinates 33°27′0″N 112°4′0″W / 33.45000°N 112.06667°W / 33.45000; -112.06667
Statistics
Area 43,967 sq mi (113,870 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
4,598,000
833,000 (18.1%)
Parishes 92 & 23 missions
Churches 114
Schools 35
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established December 2, 1969 (47 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude
Patron saint Our Lady of Guadalupe
Secular priests 143
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop

Thomas James Olmsted

Bishop of Phoenix
Metropolitan Archbishop John Charles Wester
Archbishop of Santa Fe
Auxiliary Bishops Eduardo Alanis Nevares
Emeritus Bishops Thomas Joseph O'Brien
Map
Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
Website
diocesephoenix.org
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of the Diocese

Thomas James Olmsted

Coordinates: 33°27′0″N 112°4′0″W / 33.45000°N 112.06667°W / 33.45000; -112.06667

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix (Latin: Dioecesis Phoenicensis) in Arizona is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was established on December 2, 1969 when it was split off from the Diocese of Tucson. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation), and also includes the Gila River Indian Reservation in Pinal County. The bishop is Thomas Olmsted.

The official description found in an earlier version of the website of the diocese read as follows: "These arms are composed of a blue field on which is placed a silver (white) mountain to represent Camelback Mountain, a significant aspect of the backdrop of the See City. Arising from the mountain as a gold (yellow) bird that is coming forth from red flames to represent the mythological phoenix, that arose from the ashes, and for which the See City of Phoenix is named. Above the phoenix is a gold "cross formy fitchée (three arms of a cross and one resembling a spike), which is taken from the arms of the Diocese of Tucson to signify that it was from the territory of Tucson that the Diocese of Phoenix was carved in 1969."


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