Today Bishop Joe S. Vásquez will become the Diocese of Austin's 5th Bishop. The Installation Mass of Bishop Joe S. Vásquez will be televised live today at 3 p.m. on KVUE’s digital channels. 24.3 in English (also on Time Warner Cable channel 1512) and 24.2 in Spanish (also on Time Warner Cable channel 605). The Mass will also be streamed live on the Internet on www.kvue.com and on www.austindiocese.org.

Bishop Vásquez succeeds Bishop Gregory Aymond who was appointed Archbishop of New Orleans by Pope Benedict XVI last year. Since that time, Msgr. W. Michael Mulvey has been leading the diocese as Administrator. On Jan. 18, Pope Benedict XVI named Msgr. Mulvey as Bishop of Corpus Christi.

The Diocese of Austin includes 127 parishes and missions in 25 Central Texas counties spread over 19,000 square miles. There are approximately 500,000 Catholics within the diocese.