{"id":14712,"date":"2019-01-25T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/?page_id=14712"},"modified":"2020-02-17T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T20:22:27","slug":"todays-catholic-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/todays-catholic-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Catholic History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August 28, 1874, the Holy See created the Diocese of San Antonio out of a portion of the western part of the Diocese of Galveston. When Bishop Anthony Dominic Pellicer, first bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio, arrived in San Antonio at the end of 1874 he found a quiet little city of less than 13,000 people, predominately Spanish-speaking, with four parishes, San Fernando Cathedral, already 136 years old, had been rebuilt only a few years previously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/San-Antonio-Messenger-1892-Logo-1024x316.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/San-Antonio-Messenger-1892-Logo-1024x316.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/San-Antonio-Messenger-1892-Logo-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/San-Antonio-Messenger-1892-Logo-768x237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/San-Antonio-Messenger-1892-Logo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>San Antonio Messenger 1892 Logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 1875, Bishop Pellicer reports diocese numbers 30,000 Catholics served by 33 missionaries and one native-born priest, 41 churches, 7 chapels, 44 missions, 18 schools, one seminary, one college, and one orphanage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 1885, New chancery built on Dwyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 1926, San Antonio becomes an archdiocese and Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts becomes the first archbishop.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 1941, Installation of Archbishop Robert E. 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