Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler 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.

History

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

Bishops

Bishops of Tyler

  1. Charles Edwin Herzig
  2. Edmond Carmody, appointed Bishop of Corpus Christi
  3. Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J., appointed Bishop of Mayagüez in Puerto Rico
  4. Joseph E. Strickland

    Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

The diocese comprises the following 33 counties in East and Northeast Texas:
The parishes of the diocese are grouped into six deaneries for administrative purposes: Northwest, West Central, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, East Central.

Diocesan offices