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from Rob Defrancesco on July 20, 2011
Thank you for visiting the official website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. Pope Paul VI established this Diocese on Dec. 2, 1969, and is led by Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, the fourth bishop of Phoenix.
More than 750,000 Catholics call this diverse, vibrant and faith-filled Diocese home. Some 250 priests, 240 deacons and 190 religious sisters minister throughout the Diocese’s 92 parishes, 35 Catholic schools, six Catholic cemeteries and one mortuary. Together with our partner agencies, the Diocese seeks to protect and nurture the dignity of all life by caring for and supporting our poor, elderly, marginalized and less fortunate. Additionally, the Diocese has experienced a recent increase in applicants for the priesthood in Phoenix, with 24 seminarians currently preparing for the priesthood.
On July 19, 2010, Bishop Eduardo Nevares was ordained to the diocese and is Phoenix’s first auxiliary bishop.
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