![[Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica]](ncd03464.jpg "??kb 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; please do not write to ask about the image")
Covers 9,354 square miles of southeastern Texas.
Established as the prefecture apostolic of Texas in 1839.
Elevated to a vicariate apostolic on 10 July 1841.
Elevated to the diocese of Galveston on 4 May 4 May 1847 as a suffragan of New Orleans.
Its name was changed to the diocese of Galveston-Houston on 25 July 1959.
Elevated to an archdiocese on 29 December 2004.
Suffragen dioceses include
- Austin, Texas
- Beaumont, Texas
- Brownsville, Texas
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Tyler, Texas
- Victoria, Texas
New Catholic Dictionary
