Although the Diocese of Las Vegas has only been in existence since 1995, the Roman Catholic Church has had a long and colorful history in the desert of Las Vegas. The first Mass that was ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas is becoming a metropolitan archdiocese, with Bishop George Leo Thomas being named the initial metropolitan archbishop of Las Vegas, the Vatican announced ...

WATCH HERE: Link to church service livstream The video is available online courtesy of the Diocese of Las Vegas amid the current coronavirus situation, as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas ...

“This is really a remarkable legacy moment in Las Vegas, and for the Catholic Church as a whole.” The Holy See created the Diocese of Las Vegas in 1995, when it divided the Diocese of Reno-Las ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas has installed its third bishop. KSNV-TV reports George Thomas, the former bishop of Helena, Montana, officially became the new ...

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church died Monday ... including when the Pope named the “Diocese” of Las Vegas to an “Archdiocese” in 2023. Archbishop Thomas considered him a friend ...

One of only two people the then-bishop knew in his new diocese at the time ... II is alive and well” in Las Vegas, the archbishop said. Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior ...

In the Catholic Church, an ecclesiastical province ... 3.3 million of whom are Catholics. The Diocese of Las Vegas was created in 1995 when Pope John Paul II divided the Diocese of Reno-Las ...