Office of Pastoral Planning and Evangelization
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe

"For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans for a future full of hope" 
-Jeremiah 29:11

At present the Archdiocese of Santa Fe covers an area of 61,142 square miles. There are 91 parish seats and 216 active missions throughout this area.

Southern New Mexico has in the past been part of the Dioceses of Dallas and of El Paso which was created on March 3, 1914. This area is now the Diocese of Las Cruces which was created on October 18, 1982. The north western and west central portion of New Mexico became part of the Diocese of Gallup when it was created on December 16, 1939. 

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