Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States. It is a suffragan see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The diocese was recently led by its seventh bishop, Most Reverend Gerald Frederick Kicanas, who retired on October 3, 2017.
The See city for the diocese is Tucson, Arizona, and its cathedral parish is the St. Augustine. Another church of special interest is the Mission San Xavier del Bac, also in Tucson.

Extent

It comprises nine counties of the state of Arizona, making it the fifth largest diocese in the continental United States in terms of area. The counties are Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal, Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Yuma, and La Paz.

History

established the Apostolic Vicariate of Arizona in 1868, taking its territory from the then Diocese of Santa Fe.
The Diocese of Tucson was canonically erected by Pope Leo XIII as a diocese on May 8, 1897.
It lost territory thrice: on 3 March 1914 to establish the Diocese of El Paso, on 16 December 1939 to establish the Diocese of Gallup and on 28 June 1969 to establish the Diocese of Phoenix.

Sexual Abuse Scandal

The Diocese of Tucson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2004, becoming the second Catholic Diocese to do so in United States history. The Diocese of Tucson reached an agreement with the victims of sex abuse, which the bankruptcy judge approved on June 11, 2005, specifying terms that included allowing the diocese reorganization to continue in return for a $22.2 million settlement. In 2013, Stephanie Innes of the Arizona Daily Star labeled the Diocese as a "dumping ground" for abusive priests after it was revealed that several accused clergy from other Catholic Dioceses were sent to the Diocese of Tucson when accusations of sex abuse started gaining traction. In 2018, Tucson Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger confirmed that 10 Catholic clergy who were accused of committing acts of sex abuse had been removed from the Diocese of Tucson "in the last decade."

Bishops

Apostolic Vicars of Arizona

  1. Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of Santa Fe
  2. Peter Bourgade

    Bishops of Tucson

  3. Peter Bourgade, appointed Archbishop of Santa Fe
  4. Henry Regis Granjon
  5. Daniel James Gercke
  6. Francis Joseph Green
  7. Manuel Duran Moreno
  8. Gerald Frederick Kicanas
  9. Edward Weisenburger

    Coadjutor Bishops

Cochise County">Cochise County, Arizona">Cochise County

  1. Our Lady of Lourdes, Benson
  2. St Andrew the Apostle, Sierra Vista
  3. Our Lady of the Mountains, Sierra Vista
  4. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Tombstone
  5. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Willcox
  6. St Jude Thaddeus Parish,
  7. St Patrick Parish, Bisbee
  8. St Michael, Naco
  9. St Bernard, Pirtleville
  10. Immaculate Conception, Douglas
  11. St Luke, Douglas

    Gila County">Gila County, Arizona">Gila County

  12. St Philip the Apostle Parish, Payson
  13. St Benedict, Young
  14. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Miami
  15. Holy Angels, Globe
  16. San Carlos Apache Community, San Carlos
  17. St Joseph, Hayden

    Graham County">Graham County, Arizona">Graham County

  18. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Solomonville
  19. St Rose of Lima, Safford
  20. St Martin de Porres, Pima

    Greenlee County">Greenlee County, Arizona">Greenlee County

  21. Holy Cross, Morenci
  22. Sacred Heart, Clifton
  23. St Mary, Duncan

    La Paz County">La Paz County, Arizona">La Paz County

  24. Sacred Heart Parish, Parker
  25. Queen of Peace Mission, Quartzsite
  26. St John the Baptist Mission, Wenden
  27. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission, Poston

    Pima County">Pima County, Arizona">Pima County

  28. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Tanque Verde
  29. Holy Family Church, Tucson
  30. Most Holy Trinity Parish, Tucson
  31. Our Lady of Fátima Catholic Church, Drexel Heights
  32. Our Lady of LaVang Vietnamese Catholic Church, Tucson
  33. Our Lady Queen of all Saints Parish, Tucson
  34. Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, Tucson
  35. Queen of Angels Parish, Tucson
  36. Sacred Heart, Tucson
  37. St Ambrose Parish, Tucson
  38. St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson
  39. St Cyril of Alexandria Parish, Tucson
  40. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Casas Adobes
  41. St Frances Cabrini Parish, Tucson
  42. St Francis de Sales Parish, Tucson
  43. St John the Evangelist Parish, Tucson
  44. St Joseph Parish, Tucson
  45. St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, South Tucson
  46. St Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish, Tucson
  47. St Mark Parish, Oro Valley
  48. St Melany's Byzantine Church, Tucson
  49. St Monica Parish, Tucson
  50. St Odilia Parish, Oro Valley
  51. St Pius X Parish, Tucson
  52. Ss Peter and Paul Parish, Tucson
  53. St Thomas More Newman Center, Tucson
  54. St Thomas the Apostle Parish, Catalina Foothills
  55. San Xavier del Bac Mission, San Xavier Indian Reservation
  56. Santa Catalina Parish, Catalina
  57. Santa Cruz Parish, Tucson
  58. San Martín Mission
  59. Santa Rosa Mission
  60. Cristo Rey Mission
  61. San Ignacio de Loyola Mission
  62. El Señor de los Milagros Mission
  63. San Juan Bautista Mission
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  1. St Christopher Parish, Marana
  2. Immaculate Conception Parish, Ajo
  3. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Sells
  4. San Solano Missions, Topowa
  5. St Augustine Mision, Chuichu
  6. San Jose Mission, Pisenemo
  7. Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Green Valley
  8. St Martin de Porres, Sahuarita
  9. St Rita in the Desert Parish, Vail

    Pinal County">Pinal County, Arizona">Pinal County

  10. St George Parish, Apache Junction
  11. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Florence
  12. St James Parish, Coolidge
  13. Our Lady of Grace Parish, Maricopa
  14. St Michael the Archangel, Florence
  15. St Anthony of Padua Parish, Casa Grande
  16. St Francis of Assisi Parish, Superior
  17. St Helen of the Cross, Eloy
  18. St Helen, Oracle
  19. St Bartholomew, San Manuel
  20. Blessed Sacrament, Mammoth
  21. Infant Jesus of Prague, Kearny
  22. St Mary Mission, Stanfield

    Santa Cruz County">Santa Cruz County, Arizona">Santa Cruz County

  23. St Anne Church, Tubac
  24. Most Holy Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Rio Rico
  25. San Felipe de Jesus Church, Nogales
  26. Sacred Heart Church, Nogales
  27. San Martin de Porres, Sahuarita
  28. St Therese of Lisieux Parish, Patagonia

    Yuma County">Yuma County, Arizona">Yuma County

  29. St Jude Thaddeus, San Luis
  30. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Somerton
  31. Immaculate Conception Parish, Yuma
  32. St Francis of Assisi Parish, Yuma
  33. St John Neumann Parish, Yuma
  34. St Joseph Mission, Wellton