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Bishop with West Texas ties appointed as Galveston-Houston archbishop by Pope Francis
A Catholic bishop with West Texas ties has been appointed as the new archbishop for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston ... administrator for the Diocese of Tyler after the dismissal of Bishop ...
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Pope Francis appoints Austin, Texas, Bishop Joe Vásquez as archbishop of Galveston-Houston
The Mexican-American bishop also served as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Tyler ... Galveston-Houston serves 1.7 million Catholics in 146 parishes across 10 counties in southeastern Texas.