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Diocese of Tyler was created December 12, 1986 and erected on
February 24, 1987.
It is comprised of 33 counties:
- Anderson
- Angelina
- Bowie
- Camp
- Cass
- Cherokee
- Delta
- Franklin
- Freestone
- Gregg
- Harrison
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- Henderson
- Hopkins
- Houston
- Lamar
- Leon
- Madison
- Marion
- Morris
- Nacogdoches
- Panola
- Rains
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- Red River
- Rusk
- Sabine
- San Augustine
- Shelby
- Smith
- Titus
- Trinity
- Upshur
- Van Zandt
- Wood
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Tyler's first bishop was Most Rev. Charles E. Herzig,
D.D. A native of San Antonio, Bishop Herzig was born August
14, 1929 and was ordained to the priesthood on May 31, 1955;
appointed Bishop of Tyler December 12, 1986 and ordained Bishop
of Tyler on February 24, 1987. Bishop Herzig died September
7, 1991.
The second bishop
was Most Rev. Edmond Carmody, D.D. A native of Ireland
and a priest of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. He served
as Auxilary Bisho in San Antonio following a period of missionary
work in Equidor with the St. James Society. In 1992
he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Tyler. March
17, 2000 he was transfered to the Diocese of Corpus Christi
in Texas.
On December 29,
2004 the Diocese of Tyler was made part of the new ecclesiastic
province of Galveston-Houston.
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