| Diocese of Dallas Dioecesis Dallasensis |
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 Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas |
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| Location | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Territory | Nine counties in North Texas |
| Population | 955,298 Catholics |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Antonio |
| Established | July 15, 1890 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe |
| Bishop | Bishop of Dallas |
| Website | www.cathdal.org |
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| Metropolitan | José Horacio Gómez Archbishop of San Antonio |
| Diocesan Bishop | Kevin Farrell Bishop of Dallas |
| Auxiliary bishops | J. Douglas Deshotel, Mark J. Seitz |
| Emeritus bishops | Charles Victor Grahmann |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas (Latin: Dioecesis Dallasensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. It was founded on July 15, 1890 by Pope Leo XIII. As of May 2008, the Diocese has more than one million (1,000,000) Catholics in 80 parishes served by 208 priests, 160 deacons, 142 sisters, and 7 brothers.[1]
It is made up of 9 counties in North Texas: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio.
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The Diocese's coat of arms has a red field in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The diagonal white band represents the Trinity River located within the diocese. The fleurs-de-lis within the band are in honor of Pope Leo XIII and are taken from his coat of arms. The fleur-de-lis is repeated three times to represent the Holy Trinity. The star represents Dallas, which is in the "Lone Star State." The two swords honor St. Paul, who is the patron saint of the first Catholic settlement in Northeast Texas.
The past bishops of the diocese include:
University of Dallas
In 1997 a jury awarded $120 million to victims in a sex abuse case against the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas in an affair implicating Rev. Rudolph Kos.
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