About the Diocese
The Diocese of Dallas currently encompasses an area of 7,523 square miles stretched across Dallas, Collin, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall Counties. Its 69 parishes and five missions serve approximately 1.2 million Catholics and a larger North Texas community of more than four million people.
The Diocese of Dallas was established in 1890 and formerly encompassed a 120,000 square mile area spreading from Texarkana to the Panhandle, and El Paso, Culbertson, and Hudspeth Counties. Over time, the Dioceses of El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Tyler, and Fort Worth were carved out of the Diocese of Dallas.
The Diocese is led by Bishop Edward J. Burns, the eighth bishop of the diocese.
Statistical Overview
Parishes
Parishes: 69
Missions: 5
Diocesan Seminaries: 2
Clergy and Religious
Number of Diocesan Priests: 110
Religious Priests in Diocese: 79
Total Priests in Diocese (Diocesan plus religious): 189
Extern Priests: 31
Permanent Deacons in Diocese: 170
Total Brothers: 10
Total Religious Sisters: 95
Educational
Colleges and Universities: 1
High Schools, Diocesan and Parish: 3
High Schools, Private: 5
Elementary Schools, Diocesan and Parish: 26
Elementary Schools, Private: 2
Ungraded School: 1
Total Students under Catholic Instruction: 61,165
Vital Statistics
Receptions into the Church:
Infant Baptism Totals: 12,150
Adult Baptism Totals: 860
Received into Full Communion: 457
First Communions: 11,529
Confirmations: 10,839
Marriages:
Catholic: 1,576
Interfaith: 331
Total Marriages: 1,907
Deaths: 1,630
Total Catholic Population: 1,226,031
Total Population: 4,054,985
(Information provided by the Office of the Vicar General, data as of December 31, 2018)