structures are contained within the archdiocese. Most prominent is St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, the mother church of Texas, and one of the few buildings and the only church to survive the 1900 Galveston Storm. Other landmarks include the 1887 Bishop's Palace, the former 1912 Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, and Annunciation Church, one of the oldest churches in Texas. There were 646,000 people of the Roman Catholic faith in the Galveston–Houston diocese in 1990. By 2005 this increased to 1.3 million, with 40% being Hispanic or Latino, 30% being non-Hispanic white, 19% being black, 7% being Asian, and 4% to miscellaneous racial identities. Immigration fueled the growth of Catholicism in the Houston area. Bishops Prefects of Texas John Timon, C.M. (1840–1847) Vicars Apostolic of Texas Jean-Marie Odin, C.M. (1841–1847) Bishops of Galveston Jean-Marie Odin, C.M. (1847–1861), appointed Archbishop of New Orleans Claude Marie Dubuis (1862–1892) Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher (1892–1918) Christopher Edward Byrne (1918–1950) Wendelin Joseph Nold (1950–1959) (Aloysius Joseph Meyer, C.M. was appointed apostolic administrator in 1881 but it did not take effect. Bishop Gallagher, already listed above, became administrator.) Bishops of Galveston–Houston Wendelin Joseph Nold (1959–1975) John Louis Morkovsky (1975–1984) Joseph Fiorenza (1984–2004) Archbishops of Galveston–Houston Joseph Fiorenza (2004–2006) Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (2006–present) Coadjutor Bishops Pierre Dufal, C.S.C. (1878–1879), resigned (did not succeed to see) John Louis Morkovsky (1963–1975) Daniel DiNardo (2003–2006), elevated to Coadjutor Archbishop in 2004; future Cardinal Auxiliary Bishops John E. McCarthy (1979–1985), appointed Bishop of Austin Enrique San Pedro (1986–1991), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Brownsville Curtis J. Guillory, SVD (1988–2000), appointed Bishop of Beaumont James Anthony Tamayo (1993–2000), appointed Bishop of Laredo Vincent M. Rizzotto (2001–2006) Joe S. Vásquez (2002–2010), appointed Bishop of Austin George Sheltz (2012–2021) Italo Dell’Oro (2021–present) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops John Claude Neraz, appointed Bishop of San Antonio in 1881 John Anthony Forest, appointed Bishop of San Antonio in 1895 Louis Joseph Reicher, appointed Bishop of Austin in 1947 Vincent Madeley Harris, appointed Bishop of Beaumont in 1966 and later Bishop of Austin John Joseph Cassata, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth in 1968 and later Bishop of Fort Worth Patrick Fernandez Flores, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio in 1970 and later Bishop of El Paso and Archbishop of San Antonio Bernard James Ganter, appointed Bishop of Tulsa in 1972 Oscar Cantú, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio in 2008, later Bishop of Las Cruces