Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza was born January 25, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas to Anthony and Grace Galiano, both deceased. He was ordained to the priesthood May 29, 1954 at Seminary Chapel, St. Mary's Seminary, LaPorte, Texas. He was named bishop of San Angelo by Pope John Paul II on September 4, 1979. He was ordained and installed on October 25, 1979. He was named Bishop of Galveston-Houston by Pope John Paul II on December 18, 1984 and installed on February 18, 1984. December 29, 2004 he was named Archbishop of Galveston-Houston by Pope John Paul II. On February 28, 2006 he became Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston succeeded by Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo.

Archbishop Emeritus Patrick F. Flores was born born on July 26, 1929, seventh among the nine children of Patrico and Trinidad Fernandez de Flores in Ganado, Texas. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1956. Flores began his career at Holy Name Parish, Guardian Angel Parish, then St. Joseph's-St. Stephen's parish as assistant pastor and pastor. An activist from the beginning, he directed the Christian Family Movement and the Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking, a ministry that encouraged bilingual congregations. After Pope John Paul VI named Flores auxiliary to the archbishop of San Antonio in May of 1970, within months, he advanced to interim bishop, becoming the first native Texan to head the state's largest archdiocese and the first Mexican American to attain so powerful a position in the Roman Catholic Church. He became the archbishop of San Antonio, Texas in 1979.

Bishop Oscar Cantú S.T.L. was born December 5, 1966, in Houston, Texas, the son of Ramiro and Maria de Jesus Cantú, natives of small towns near Monterrey, Mexico. He is the fifth of eight children, five boys and three girls. Bishop Cantú is a product of Houston’s Catholic schools, attending Holy Name Catholic School and St. Thomas High School. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Dallas.

He then received his Master in Divinity and Master in Theological Studies from the University of St. Thomas inHouston. He continued at the Pontifical Gregorian University, located in Rome, where he earned his S.T.L. inDogmatic Theology. He currently is completing his work for a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology. Bishop Cantú wasordained a priest of the Diocese of Houston on May 21, 1994. 

Bishop Cantú was appointed Titular Bishop of Dardano and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio on April 10, 2008. He was ordained, Monday, June 2, 2008 at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in San Antonio, TX by The Most Reverend José H. Gomez, S.T.D., Archbishop of San Antonio.

Bishop Emeritus Edmond Carmody, the second of a family of thirteen children of Michael Carmody and Mary Stack, was born in Moyvane, County Kerry, Ireland, on January 12, 1934. In September of 1951, he entered the Major Seminary of St. Patrick in Carlow, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Antonio on June 8, 1957. In 1983, Bishop Carmody went with the St. James Society as a Missionary to Latin America, where he worked for five years as a Missionary in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Only a few days before completing his five-year Missionary assignment there, he was called home by Archbishop Patrick Flores because Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio. He was ordained as a Bishop on December 15, 1988. Bishop Carmody served as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio from 1988 until 1992. On May 25, 1992, he was installed Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas. On February 3, 2000, Pope John Paul II named Bishop Carmody Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas. He was installed the seventh Bishop on March 17, 2000. Bishop Carmody currently serves as a member on the Marriage and Family Life Committee for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. At the November 2000 meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Carmody was elected Chairman of the Church in Latin America Committee Bishop Carmody served on the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Adhoc Hoc Committee on Economic Concerns of the Holy See (Jan. 2001) and the USCC Bishops' Committee on World Mission (Nov. 2001).

Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel was born in Basile, Louisiana on January 6, 1952 but has been in the Diocese of Dallas since 1972 when he began his seminary training at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving. He obtained his Masters in Divinity degree at the University of Dallas in 1978. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 13, 1978. He has served as the Vice-Rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, a Vicar Forane and a member of the Presbyteral Council and College of Consultors in the diocese. In 2008, he was appointed Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Dallas. Prior to his episcopal ordination on April 27, 2010, he served as the Vicar General which is second only to the bishop in the administrative structure of the diocese.

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Flanagan, DD was born in Rathmore, County Kildare, Ireland on October 23, 1930 to Patrick and Mary McNamara Flanagan, both deceased. Bishop Flanagan is the oldest of 8 children. On June 10, 1956 he was ordained into the priesthood at the Cathedral of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Thurles, County Tipperary, Ire. He was ordained as Monsignor in San Antonio, Texas on November 29, 1989 and as Bishop on February 1998.

Bishop Emeritus Rene H. Gracida, DD was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Enrique J. Gracida Carrizosa and Mathilde Derbes on June 9, 1923. Bishop Gracida was the first bishop of Pensacola-Tallahasseefrom 1975 to 1983. In 1983 he became Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, where he served as Bishop until 1997. Before he was ordained to the priesthood in 1959, Bishop Gracida was a combat flight engineer during World War II. He accepted an appointment as titular bishop of Masuccaba before his assignment in Miami in 1971. With the Miami Archdiocese, he served as education superintendent and vicar general. His volunteer work has included board member of Catholic Relief Services, Texas A & I University Foundation, and the University of Steubenville's youth evangelization group. His responsibilities with the U.S. Bishops have ranged from work on their pro-life committee, to communications and migration groups, and the Catholic Campaign for America.

Bishop Emeritus Charles Grahmann is a native of Hallettsville, Texas, one of eleven children, five of whom had religious vocations. He was born on July 15, 1931. Attended St. John and Assumption Seminaries in San Antonio, and was ordained to the priesthood on March 17, 1951. He served in many capacities for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, including Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop. He was consecrated bishop in 1982 and was installed as first Bishop of Victoria that year. In 1990 he was appointed co-adjutor Bishop of Dallas and succeeded Most Rev. Thomas Tschoepe as bishop on July 14, 1990. In 2006 Bishop Grahmann will celebrate the triple jubilee of 25 years as a bishop, 50 years as a priest, and his 75th birthday.

Bishop Emeritus John McCarthy was born June 21, 1930, in Houston to George McCarthy and Grace O'Brien McCarthy (both deceased). He graduated from St. Thomas High School in Houston; received his bachelor's degree from University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1956; and a master's in theology from University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1979. Bishop McCarthy was ordained to the priesthood May 25, 1956 and ordained to office of bishop March 14, 1979 in Houston. On February 26, 1986 he was installed as bishop of the Austin Diocese and retired January 2, 2001.

Bishop Emeritus Raymundo J. Pena was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on Feb. 19, 1934 to parents Cosme A. Pena and Elisa Ramon Pena. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 25, 1957 at Corpus Christi Cathedral in Corpus Christi, Texas by the Most Reverend Mariano S. Garriaga, D.D., LL.D. He was named the titular Bishop of Trisipa and Auxiliary to the Archbishop of San Antonio on October 16, 1976. Bishop Pena was ordained Bishop on Dec. 13, 1976, Convention Center Arena, near San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. On April 29, 1980, he was appointed bishop of El Paso where he served for 15 years. Bishop Pena was appointed the 5^th bishop of Brownsville on May 23, 1995, and installed as Bishop of Brownsville on August 6, 1995.Bishop Pena has served as Chairman, Bishop's Committee for Church in Latin America, a member of the Pastoral Response to the Challenge of Proselytism Committee, and was appointed by the Vatican on the Pre Synod Council - Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishop for America, as a Synod Father - Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishop for America.

Auxiliary Bishop Bernard F. Popp, DD was born December 6, 1917. On February 24, 1942 he was ordained to the priesthood. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Capsus on June 7, 1983. His Episcopal ordination was held at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio on July 25, 1983.

Auxiliary Bishop Vincent M. Rizzotto, DD, J.C.L. was ordained a priest on May 26, 1956 and ordained bishop on July 31, 2001. He serves on the following: Chair- Priest Personnel Board, Vicar of African American Catholics, Vicar of Ethnic Ministries, and Director for Secretariat of Chaplaincy Services and Clergy Formation.

Auxiliary Bishop Mark J. Seitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 10, 1954 but has lived in the Diocese of Dallas since 1972 when he began his priestly formation at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 17, 1980. In 1985, he received a Master’s Degree in Liturgical Studies from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He also holds a Master’s in Divinity and a Master’s in Theology from the University of Dallas. He was named a Prelate of Honor (Monsignor) by His Holiness Pope John Paul II in December 2004. He has served on the diocesan Liturgical Commission and the Committee for Continuing Education of Priests. He is a member of the Presbyteral Council and the College of Consultors in the diocese. Prior to his episcopal ordination on April 27, 2010, he was pastor of St. Rita Catholic Church in Dallas.

Bishop Emeritus John W. Yanta was born October 2, 1931 to John Andrew Yanta and Mary Magdelen Pollok near Runge, Texas, the fifth of eight children. He was ordained to the priesthood March 17, 1956 at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio. Bishop Yanta was elevated to the title of monsignor November 29, 1989 and ordained auxiliary bishop of San Antonio and titular bishop of Naratcata December 30, 1994 in an outdoor Mass in Panna Maria, Texas. On January 21, 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Yanta to the Diocese of Amarillo. He was installed March 17, 1997. Bishop Yanta is the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo.As auxiliary bishop, he served on committees for the United States Catholic Conference of Bishop's (USCCB), including Migration and Refugee Services, Marriage and Family Life, and he was liaison of the Migrant Farm Workers by an annual visit to workers' locations around the nations. Bishop Yanta was named as a member of the Catholic Relief Service Board of Directors in 2000. He was also a member of the board of directors for the Kenedy Memorial Foundation. Bishop Yanta is also a member of the board for St. Joseph and St. Peter Seminary in the Diocese of Brownsville, which was dedicated May 1, 2000.In 2006 Bishop John W. Yanta celebrated two anniversaries: 50 years as a priest on March 17th and 75 years of life on October 2, 2006.