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The
Diocese of Tyler was created December 12, 1986
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 TX, 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 Bishop 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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