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The Diocese of Victoria was established on May 29, 1982 with the Most Rev. Charles V. Grahmann being installed as the first bishop of the newly created diocese. The Most Rev. David E. Fellhauer was appointed Bishop of Diocese of Victoria on April 7, 1990. He was ordained and installed as bishop of the Diocese of Victoria on May 28, 1990. The Most Rev. Brendan J. Cahill was ordained and installed as the third bishop of the Diocese of Victoria on June 29, 2015.The Diocese of Victoria is comprised of the counties of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton, Colorado and the part of Fayette county west of the Colorado River. There are six deaneries in the Diocese of Victoria: Cuero, Edna, El Campo, Hallettsville, Schulenburg and Victoria.
The Diocese of Victoria includes more than 103,990 registered Catholics with a total population of 293,729.
Our official newspaper, The Catholic Lighthouse is mailed to more than 6,400 homes and is available online. Diocese of Victoria social media currently includes Facebook, Diocese of Victoria.
In addition to its 50 parishes and 17 missions, the Diocese of Victoria owned and operated the Presidio La Bahia in Goliad, Texas, until 2025 when the diocese entered into an agreement to sell the historic property to the state to better ensure its preservation. The chapel there, Our Lady of Loreto, still functions as a Catholic church administered by the diocese. The Diocese sponsors 12 diocesan private and parochial elementary schools and 1 private and 2 parochial high schools. These Catholic schools, educate more than 3,000 youth.
The Diocese also sponsors a Catholic counseling center, The Emmaus Center, Counseling in the Catholic Tradition.