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Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of
Corpus Christi
is a Roman
Catholic diocese
in
Texas
. It was founded on
March 23
, 1912, having been the
Vicariate Apostolic
of Brownsville until then.
Bishops
Vicars Apostolic
of Brownsville
Dominic Manucy
Peter Verdaguer y Prat
Bishops of Corpus Christi
Paul Joseph Nussbaum
, appointed
Bishop of Saulte Sainte Marie-Marquette
Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina
Mariano Simon Garriga
Thomas Joseph Drury
René Henry Gracida
Roberto González Nieves
, appointed
Archbishop of San Juan in Puerto Rico
Edmond Carmody
William Mulvey
Coadjutor Bishops
Mariano Simon Garriga
Roberto González
Nieves
Auxiliary Bishop
Adolph Marx
, appointed
Bishop of Brownsville
Other priests of this
diocese
who became bishops
Raymundo Joseph Peña, appointed
Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio
in 1976 and later
Bishop of El Paso
and Bishop of Brownsville
James Anthony Tamayo, appointed
Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston
in 1993 and later
Bishop of Laredo
Daniel Edward Flores, appointed
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
in 2006 and later Bishop of Brownsville
Louis Frederick Kihneman, appointed
Bishop of Biloxi
in 2016
High schools
Incarnate Word Academy, Corpus Christi
St.
John Paul II High School
, Corpus Christi
Radio
KLUX