Diocese of Tyler

Diocese of Tyler Dioecesis Tylerensis
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Tyler
Location
Country	United States
Territory	33 counties in Eastern Texas
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Metropolitan	Tyler, Texas
Population - Catholics	55,934 (4.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	February 24, 1987
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Strickland
Map
Website
dioceseoftyler.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler (Latin: Dioecesis Tylerensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. The episcopal see is Tyler, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler is its mother church. The Diocese of Tyler is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

The diocese was founded on December 12, 1986, and erected on February 24, 1987.

The list of ordinaries (bishops of the diocese) and their terms of service:

On September 29, 2012, it was announced by the diocese's website, and by the Holy See – on the Vatican's Holy See Press Office Vatican Information Service (VIS) site – that Monsignor Joseph E. Strickland had been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tyler.

Bishop Strickland was consecrated bishop and installed on November 28, 2012, by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, the metropolitan see of the province which includes the Diocese of Tyler. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J., bishop of the Diocese of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico who was bishop-elect Strickland's predecessor as bishop of Tyler; and Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico.