Diocese of Brownsville, USA

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.12.09 – ...):	Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores (61)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.12.04 – ...):	Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. (53) Titular Bishop of Cataquas

Ordinaries

Bishops of Brownsville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores (61)
(2009.12.09 – ...)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA)

Verbum mittitur spirans amorem

Born:	1961.08.28 (Palacios, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1988.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.11.29

Titular Bishop of Cozyla (2006.10.28 – 2009.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (2006.10.28 – 2009.12.09)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (2009.12.09 – ...)

Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña
(1994.05.23 – 2009.12.09)

Haz todo con amor

Born:	1934.02.19 (Corpus Christi, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.12.13
Died:	2021.09.24 (San Juan, TX, USA † 87)

Titular Bishop of Trisipa (1976.10.16 – 1980.04.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (1976.10.16 – 1980.04.29)

Bishop of El Paso (USA) (1980.04.29 – 1994.05.23)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1994.05.23 – 2009.12.09)

Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J.
(1991.11.30 – 1994.05.23)

Libentissime impendam et super impendar

Born:	1926.03.09 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1957.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.29
Died:	1994.07.17 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Siccesi (1986.04.01 – 1991.08.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1986.04.01 – 1991.08.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1991.08.13 – 1991.11.30)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1991.11.30 – 1994.05.23)

Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick
(1971.04.27 – 1991.11.30)

To me to live is Christ

Born:	1918.10.12 (Trenton, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.08.28
Died:	2006.07.15 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Cenæ (1968.06.24 – 1971.04.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA) (1968.06.24 – 1971.04.27)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1971.04.27 – 1991.11.30)

Bishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros (later Cardinal)
(1966.04.14 – 1970.09.08)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1915.10.06 (Arrifes, São Miguel, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.09
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1983.09.17 (Boston, MA, USA † 67)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1966.04.14 – 1970.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1970.09.08 – 1983.09.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1973.03.05 – 1983.09.17)

Bishop Adolph Marx
(1965.07.09 – 1965.11.01)

Plenitudo legis dilectio

Born:	1915.02.18 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.10.09
Died:	1965.11.01 († 50)

Titular Bishop of Citrus (1956.07.06 – 1965.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (1956.07.06 – 1965.07.09)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1965.07.09 – 1965.11.01)

Vicars Apostolic of Brownsville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Verdaguer y Prat
(1890.07.25 – 1911.10.26)

Born:	1835.12.10 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1862.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.11.09
Died:	1911.10.26 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Aulon (1890.07.25 – 1911.10.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville (USA) (1890.07.25 – 1911.10.26)

Bishop Dominic Manucy
(1885.02.07 – 1885.12.04)

Born:	1823.12.20 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1850.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.12.08
Died:	1885.12.04 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Dulma (1874.09.07 – 1884.01.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville (USA) (1874.09.07 – 1884.01.18)

Bishop of Mobile (USA) (1884.01.18 – 1884.09.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville (USA) (1885.02.07 – 1885.12.04)

Titular Bishop of Maronia (1885.02.10 – 1885.12.04)

Bishop Dominic Manucy
(1874.09.07 – 1884.01.18)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J. (1991.08.13 – 1991.11.30)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: P.O. Box 2279, 1910 E. Elizabeth St., Brownsville, TX 78522-2279, USA

Phone: +1 (956) 542-2501

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 111,125 km²

Population: 1,171,182 Catholics (85.0% of 1,377,861 total) (2020)

Statistics: 72 parishes, 7 missions, 109 priests (86 diocesan, 23 religious), 103 deacons, 95 lay religious (35 brothers, 60 sisters), 14 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 12

History

1874.08.28: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Brownsville / Brownsvillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Galveston)
1912.03.23: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Corpus Christi)
1965.07.10: Restored as Diocese of Brownsville / Brovnsvillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Corpus Christi and became suffragan of San Antonio)
2004.12.29: Became suffragan of Galveston–Houston

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