Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States, encompassing counties in the states of Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia Counties west of 106,52',41" meridian in New Mexico
. The mother church is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gallup, New Mexico.
The Diocese of Gallup is one of four Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States to have territory in more than one federal entity; the Diocese of Wilmington and the Diocese of Norwich both have territory in two states and the Archdiocese of Washington contains the District of Columbia and five counties in Maryland.

History

Pope Pius XII canonically erected the diocese on December 16, 1939, taking its territory from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, of which Gallup is a suffragan.

Sex Abuse and Bankruptcy

On the weekend of August 31-September 1, 2013, a letter from Bishop Wall was read at all Masses stating that the Diocese of Gallup, in order to address the rising number of sexual abuse claims being made, would seek protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. It filed for bankruptcy November 12, 2013. In February 2017, it was announced that the Diocese had paid more than $17.6 million to 57 people who were sexually abused by clergy in the Diocese.

Bishops

The list of bishops and their tenures of service:

Bishops of Gallup

  1. Bernard T. Espelage
  2. Jerome J. Hastrich
  3. Donald Edmond Pelotte
  4. James Sean Wall

    Coadjutor bishop