Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson

Diocese of Tucson Dioecesis Tucsonensis
St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation), Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Yuma, and La Paz in Arizona
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Metropolitan	Tucson, Arizona
Population - Catholics	350,000
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 8, 1897
Cathedral	St. Augustine Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Augustine of Hippo
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Gerald Frederick Kicanas Bishop of Tucson
Metropolitan Archbishop	Michael Jarboe Sheehan Archbishop of Santa Fe
Website
diocesetucson.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States. It comprises nine counties of the state of Arizona, making it the fifth largest diocese in the continental United States in terms of area. The counties are Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal (excluding the territorial boundaries of the Gila River Indian Reservation), Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Yuma, and La Paz. The diocese is currently led by its seventh bishop, The Most Reverend Gerald Frederick Kicanas. Bishop Kicanas was formerly a Chicago auxiliary bishop and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Communications. He was elected Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on November 13, 2007.

The See of Tucson was established by Pope Pius IX as the Apostolic Vicariate of Arizona in 1868, taking its territory from the former Diocese of Santa Fe. The See of Tucson was canonically erected by Pope Leo XIII as a diocese on May 8, 1897.

The Diocese of Tucson filed bankruptcy in September, 2004. The Diocese of Tucson reached an agreement with the victims of sex abuse, which the bankruptcy judge approved on June 11, 2005, specifying terms that included allowing the diocese reorganization to continue in return for a $22.2 million settlement.

The sixth Bishop of Tucson, The Most Reverend Manuel Duran Moreno resigned in 2003 because of health reasons and died in November 2006.^[1]

Bishops

• Jean-Baptiste Salpointe (1868–1884)
• Peter Bourgade (1885–1899)
• Henry Regis Granjon (1900–1922)
• Daniel James Gercke (1923–1960)
• Francis Joseph Green (1960–1981)
• Manuel Duran Moreno (1982–2003)
• Gerald Frederick Kicanas (2003–present)

High schools

• Immaculate Heart High School, Oro Valley
• Lourdes Catholic High School, Nogales
• St. Augustine Catholic High School, Tucson
• Salpointe Catholic High School, Tucson
• San Miguel High School, Tucson
• Yuma Catholic High School, Yuma

Other dioceses in Arizona

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup

Parishes and missions by county

Cochise County

1. Our Lady of Lourdes, Benson
2. St Andrew the Apostle, Sierra Vista
3. Our Lady of the Mountains, Sierra Vista
4. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Tombstone
5. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Willcox
6. St Jude Thaddeus Parish, Sunsites
7. St Patrick Parish, Bisbee
8. St Michael, Naco
9. St Bernard, Pirtleville
10. Immaculate Conception, Douglas
11. St Luke, Douglas

Gila County

1. St Philip the Apostle Parish, Payson
2. St Benedict, Young
3. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Miami
4. Holy Angels, Globe
5. San Carlos Apache Community, San Carlos
6. St Joseph, Hayden

Graham County

1. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Solomonville
2. St Rose of Lima, Safford
3. St Martin de Porres, Pima

Greenlee County

1. Holy Cross, Morenci
2. Sacred Heart, Clifton
3. St Mary, Duncan

La Paz County

1. Sacred Heart Parish, Parker
2. Queen of Peace Mission, Quartzite
3. St John the Baptist Mission, Wenden
4. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission, Poston

Pima County

1. Blessed Kateri Tekakwith Indian Parish, Tucson
2. Corpus Christi Parish, Tucson
3. Holy Family Parish, Tucson
4. Most Holy Trinity Parish, Tucson
5. Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Tucson
6. Our Lady of LaVang Vietnamese Catholic Church, Tucson
7. Our Lady Queen of all Saints Parish, Tucson
8. Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, Tucson
9. Queen of Angels Parish, Tucson
10. Sacred Heart, Tucson
11. St Ambrose Parish, Tucson
12. St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson
13. St Cyril of Alexandria Parish, Tucson
14. St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Tucson
15. St Frances Cabrini Parish, Tucson
16. St Francis de Sales Parish, Tucson
17. St John the Evangelist Parish, Tucson
18. St Joseph Parish, Tucson
19. St Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish, Tucson
20. St Mark Parish, Tucson
21. St Melany's Byzantine Church, Tucson
22. St Monica Parish, Tucson
23. St Odilia Parish, Tucson
24. St Pius X Parish, Tucson
25. Ss Peter and Paul Parish, Tucson
26. St Thomas More Newman Center, Tucson
27. St Thomas the Apostle Parish, Tucson
28. San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson
29. Santa Catalina Parish, Tucson
30. Santa Cruz Parish, Tucson
31. San Martin Mission
32. Santa Rosa Mission
33. Cristo Rey Mission
34. San Ignacio de Loyola Mission
35. El Senor de los Milagros Mission
36. San Juan Bautista Mission

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1. St Christopher Parish, Marana
2. St Mark Parish, Oro Valley
3. Immaculate Conception Parish, Ajo
4. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Sells
5. San Solano Missions, Topowa
6. St Augustine Mision, Chuichu
7. San Jose Mission, Pisenemo
8. Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Green Valley
9. St Martin de Porres, Sahuarita
10. St Rita in the Desert Parish, Vail

Pinal County

1. St George Parish, Apache Junction
2. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Florence
3. St James Parish, Coolidge
4. Our Lady of Grace Parish, Maricopa
5. St Michael and All Angles, Casa Grande
6. St Anthony of Padua Parish, Casa Grande
7. St Francis of Assisi Parish, Superior
8. St Helen of the Cross, Eloy
9. St Helen, Oracle
10. St Bartholomew, San Manuel
11. Blessed Sacrament, Mammoth
12. Infant Jesus of Prague, Kearny
13. St Mary Mission, Stanfield

Santa Cruz County

1. St Anne Church, Tubac
2. Most Holy Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Rio Rico
3. San Felipe de Jesus Church, Nogales
4. Sacred Heart Church, Nogales
5. St Therese of Lisieux Parish, Patagonia

Yuma County

1. St Jude Thaddeus, San Luis
2. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Somerton
3. Immaculate Conception Parish, Yuma
4. St Francis of Assisi Parish, Yuma
5. St John Neumann Parish, Yuma
6. St Joseph Mission, Wellton

References

^[2]

1. ^ The resignation of Catholic Bishop Manuel Moreno, 72, of Tucson, Arizona, in the wake of a sex abuse-related scandal, was announced by the Vatican in March - People - Brief Article | Christian Century | Find Articles at BNET.com
2. ^ Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson Welcome

Resources

• Arizona Catholic Conference
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Tucson
• St. Gianna Oratory, Institute of Christ the King in Tucson