On December 29, 2004, Pope John Paul II created a second archdiocese in Texas, raising the Diocese of Galveston-Houston to the status of a Metropolitan Archdiocese.  The archdiocese is led by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston.  Suffragan dioceses include Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Tyler, and Victoria.

The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston itself is composed of ten counties in the southeastern area of Texas. It includes Harris County and the City of Houston as well as Galveston County and Galveston, the Mother Seat of the Church in Texas.  The archdiocese includes eight other counties as well.  They are Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Grimes, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker and Waller counties. Today more than 1.5 million Catholics live within archdiocesan boundaries, making the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston the largest in the state of Texas and the eleventh largest in the United States.

In this section you will find Statistics and History to help you learn even more about the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.  You can get an overview of our various Departments & Ministries for a better understanding of our organization.  You can visit our Secretariats to learn about how our archdiocese is structured for effective collaboration among ministries.  You can find information about locating and contacting our two Chanceries, and our Disaster Recovery plan can be accessed here.
 

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