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2 unusual facts about Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio


Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio

All of Texas' dioceses had been suffragan sees under San Antonio until December 2004 when Pope John Paul II created the new Ecclesiastical Province of Galveston-Houston and elevated the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to a Metropolitan See.

On October 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Gustavo Garcia-Siller as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.


Arthur Jerome Drossaerts

He served as Archbishop of San Antonio from 1918 until his death.

title=Bishop of San Antonio

title=Archbishop of San Antonio

On July 18, 1918, Drossaerts was appointed the fifth Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, by Pope Benedict XV.

City of Boerne v. Flores

The basis for dispute arose when the Catholic Archbishop of San Antonio, Patrick Flores, applied for a building permit to enlarge his 1923 mission-style St. Peter's Church in Boerne, Texas.

Robert Emmet Lucey

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