Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas
![[Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica]](http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd03464.jpg "jpg photograph of the Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica, diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas; taken by Nick Saum, 31 August 2006; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Founded
- 1839 as the Prefecture Apostolic of Texas by Pope Gregory XVI
Elevated
- 10 July 1841 to a Vicariate Apostolic by Pope Gregory XVI
- 4 May 1847 to the Diocese of Galveston by Pope Blessed Pius IX
- 29 December 2004 to an Archdiocese by Pope John Paul II
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