List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston encompasses of ten counties in the southeastern area of Texas: Galveston; Harris; Austin; Brazoria; Fort Bend; Grimes; Montgomery; San Jacinto; Walker; and Waller.The chancery of the diocese is located in Downtown Houston. The Archdiocese's...

 manages and oversees several Catholic schools within its area.

Universities

  • Our Lady of the Lake University
    Our Lady of the Lake University
    Our Lady of the Lake University is an independent Catholic, co-ed university located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence, a religious order originating in Lorraine, France, during the 18th century...

     (Houston campus)
  • St. Mary's Seminary (Houston)
  • University of St. Thomas (Houston)

K-12 schools

  • Duchesne Academy (Houston, Girls only)

High schools (9-12)

  • Incarnate Word Academy
    Incarnate Word Academy (Houston)
    Incarnate Word Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary girls' school located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.Incarnate Word serves grades 9 through 12 and is administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and by the sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament...

     (Houston, Girls only)
  • O'Connell College Preparatory School
    O'Connell College Preparatory School
    O'Connell College Preparatory School is a 4-year coeducational parochial/private high school in Galveston, Texas, United States that offers university-preparatory programs...

     (Galveston
    Galveston, Texas
    Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...

    )
  • Pope John XXIII High School
    Pope John XXIII High School (Harris County, Texas)
    Pope John XXIII High School is a Catholic school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Pope John XXIII serves the west side of the Houston area in the Greater Katy Area. The school has a Katy address. The current principal is Tim Petersen....

     (Unincorporated Harris County
    Harris County, Texas
    As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...

    , Katy
    Katy, Texas
    Katy is a city located in Harris, Fort Bend and Waller Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area...

     address)
  • Saint Agnes Academy (Houston, Girls only)
  • St. Pius X High School
    St. Pius X High School (Houston, Texas)
    St. Pius X High School is a Dominican Catholic coeducational secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States. St. Pius X, which serves grades 9 through 12, is administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston....

     (Houston)
  • St. Thomas High School (Houston, Boys only)
  • Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
    Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
    Strake Jesuit College Preparatory is an all-men's Jesuit, university-preparatory school for grades 9-12 in the Greater Sharpstown area of Houston, Texas. It is located in proximity to Alief....

     (Houston, Boys only)
  • Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston
    Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston
    Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston is a Roman Catholic secondary school located on 6700 Mount Carmel Street in Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Cristo Rey Network and is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.The school was...

     (scheduled to open in fall 2009)

K-8 schools

  • Corpus Christi School (Houston)
  • Holy Family Catholic School (Galveston)
  • Holy Ghost School (Houston)
  • Holy Rosary School (Rosenberg
    Rosenberg, Texas
    Rosenberg is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Fort Bend County and is part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 31,676 at the 2010 census...

    )
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe School (Houston)
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Houston)
  • Queen of Peace School (Houston)
  • Holy Rosary Catholic School, Gavleston, TX (Holy Rosary Catholic School, Galveston, Texas - Founders)
  • The Regis School of the Sacred Heart
    The Regis School of the Sacred Heart
    The Regis School of the Sacred Heart is a primary and middle school for boys located at 7330 Westview Drive in the Spring Branch area of Houston, Texas. It offers a pre-university preparatory education for boys in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade...

     (Houston, Boys only)
  • Sacred Heart School (Conroe
    Conroe, Texas
    Conroe is a suburban city 40 miles north of Houston in the gulf coastal plains/piney woods region of southeast Texas.It is the seat of Montgomery County and falls within the metropolitan area.As of the 2000 U.S...

    )
  • St. Anne School (Houston)
  • St. Anne School (Tomball
    Tomball, Texas
    Tomball is a city in Harris county in the U.S. state of Texas, a part of the Houston metropolitan area. The population was 9,089 at the 2000 census. In 1907, the community of Peck was renamed Tomball. The city are named for local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who had a major role in the...

    )
  • St. Augustine School (Houston)
  • St. Christopher School (Houston) (Parish website: http://www.stchristopherhouston.org/)
  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School (Houston)
  • St. Francis of Assisi (Houston)
  • St. Helen School (Pearland
    Pearland, Texas
    Pearland , is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the US state of Texas within the metropolitan area and is in the counties of Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris. As of the census of 2000, the city's population was 37,640. As of 2008, Pearland is estimated to have a population of 90,700...

    )
  • St. Jerome School (Houston)
  • St. Laurence School (Sugar Land
    Sugar Land, Texas
    Sugar Land is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas, having grown more than 158 percent in the last decade. In the time period of 2000–2007, Sugar Land also enjoyed a...

    )
  • St. Martha School (Houston
    Houston, Texas
    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

     (Kingwood
    Kingwood, Houston, Texas
    Kingwood is a 14,000 acre master-planned community located in northeast Houston, Texas, United States. The majority of the community is located in Harris County with a small portion in Montgomery County...

     address))
  • St. Mary School (League City
    League City, Texas
    League City is a city in Galveston County and Harris County in the U.S. state of Texas, within the metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 45,444; in the 2006 census estimate, the population was listed as 67,200. The 2010 Census places the population of League City...

    )
  • St. Pius V School (Pasadena
    Pasadena, Texas
    Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Harris County, 17th-largest in Texas, and 162nd largest in the United States. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston....

    )
  • St. Theresa School (Houston, opened 1947)
  • St. Theresa School (Sugar Land, opened 2008)
  • St. Thomas More School (Houston)
  • St. Vincent de Paul School (Houston, opened September 1943)
  • True Cross School
    True Cross Catholic School (Dickinson, Texas, USA)
    True Cross Catholic School is a Roman Catholic parochial school affiliated with the Shrine of the True Cross Catholic Church and located in Dickinson, Texas, USA. The school teaches students ranging in age from pre-K through eighth grade....

     (Dickinson
    Dickinson, Texas
    Dickinson is a city in Galveston County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 17,093 at the 2000 census.-History:...

    , opened 1946)

PK-8 schools

  • St. Clare of Assisi School PK3-8 (Houston)
  • St. Cecilia School
    St. Cecilia Catholic School (Houston, Texas)
    St. Cecilia Catholic School is a Coeducational Catholic private school for grades Pre-K through 8th grade in Hedwig Village, Texas, presenting a high level of high school preparatory education. The school has been coeducational and non-profit since its founding and is within the Roman Catholic...

     (Hedwig Village
    Hedwig Village, Texas
    Hedwig Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,334 at the 2000 census.The United States Postal Service uses "Houston" for all Hedwig Village addresses; "Hedwig Village" is not an acceptable city designation for mail addressed to places in Hedwig...

    ) http://www.saintcecilia.org/school/index.htm
  • Assumption Catholic School (Houston)
    Assumption Catholic School (Houston)
    Assumption Catholic School is a co-ed Catholic school. It serves Pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Assumption is located at 801 Roselane St. in Houston, Texas. Assumption is administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.Assumption is made of two school buildings Mendel Hall...

     http://www.houstonassumption.org/
  • John Paul II School (Houston)
  • Northwoods Catholic School (Unincorporated Harris County, Spring
    Spring, Texas
    Spring, Texas is a census-designated place within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, north of Downtown Houston. The population was 54,298 at the 2010 census...

     address)
  • Our Lady Queen of Peace School (Richwood
    Richwood, Texas
    Richwood is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,012 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Richwood is located at ....

    )
  • Resurrection School (Houston)
  • Sacred Heart School (Unincorporated Harris County, Crosby
    Crosby, Texas
    Crosby is a census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,714 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crosby is located at ....

     address)
  • St. Ambrose School (Houston)
  • St. Anthony of Padua School (The Woodlands
    The Woodlands, Texas
    The Woodlands is a master-planned community and a Census-designated place in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The population of the CDP was 55,649 at the 2000 census—a 90 percent increase over its 1990 population. According to the 2010 census, The Woodlands' population rose...

     in unincorporated Montgomery County
    Montgomery County, Texas
    Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1837. The county was named for the town of Montgomery, Texas. In 2000, its...

    )
  • St. Edward School (Unincorporated Harris County, Spring
    Spring, Texas
    Spring, Texas is a census-designated place within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, north of Downtown Houston. The population was 54,298 at the 2010 census...

     address)
  • St. Francis de Sales School (Houston)
  • St. Michael School (Houston)
  • St. Rose of Lima School (Houston)

PK-6 schools

  • Our Lady of Fatima School (Texas City
    Texas City, Texas
    Texas City is a city in Chambers and Galveston counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 41,521 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

    )
  • St. Joseph School (Baytown
    Baytown, Texas
    Baytown is a city within Harris County and partially in Chambers County in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. Located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, it lies along both State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. As of 2010, Baytown had an population of 71,802...

    )

K-6 schools

  • Our Lady of Fatima School (Galena Park
    Galena Park, Texas
    Galena Park is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 10,887 at the 2010 census.-History:...

    )
  • Our Lady of Lourdes School (Hitchcock
    Hitchcock, Texas
    Hitchcock is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,386 at the 2000 census.-History:Hitchcock was created as a station of the railroad between Galveston and Houston in 1873 and around the turn of the 20th century became a vegetable shipping center...

    )
  • St. Mary Magdalene School (Humble
    Humble, Texas
    Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.As of the 2000 census, the city population was 14,579. The city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although people who live in Bordersville still have Humble...

    )

K-5


Universities

  • St. Mary's University (Galveston) - First Catholic seminary and college in Texas. Founded in 1855. The university closed in 1922 and its charter transferred to St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte.

Former high schools

  • Kirwin High School (Boys, Galveston) - Consolidated into O'Connell Consolidated High School
  • Dominican High School
    Dominican High School (Galveston, Texas)
    Dominican High School was a Catholic high school that existed in Galveston, Texas, USA from 1882 to 1968.-Consolidation and Closure:In the autumn of 1967, the religious orders operating Dominican High School and the two other Galveston Catholic high schools agreed on consolidation as a means of...

     (Girls, Galveston) - Consolidated into O'Connell Consolidated High School
  • Ursuline Academy (Girls, Galveston) - Consolidated into O'Connell Consolidated High School
  • Marion High School and the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (Bellaire
    Bellaire, Texas
    Bellaire is a city in southwest Harris County, Texas, United States, within the metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 15,642 and is completely surrounded by the cities of Houston and West University Place....

    )
  • Mount Carmel High School
    Mount Carmel High School (Houston)
    Mount Carmel High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Houston, Texas, United States. It was administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.-Background:...

     (Houston) (Closed in 2008)

Former K-8 schools

  • Holy Name School (Houston) (Closed in Spring 2009)
  • Our Mother of Mercy School (Houston) (Closed in Spring 2009) - Merging with St. Francis of Assisi School

Former primary schools

  • Dominican Grade School (Girls, Galveston) - Consolidated into Galveston Catholic School
  • St. Patrick Grade School (Galveston, 1881–1986) - Consolidated into Galveston Catholic School
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe School (Galveston) - Consolidated into Galveston Catholic School
  • Christ the King School (Houston, PreK-2)
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary School
  • Sacred Heart School (Galveston)
  • St. Charles Borromeo School (Houston) (Closing in Spring 2009) - Merging with Seton Junior High School, forming Assumption Catholic School
  • St. Philip Neri School (Houston) (Closing in Spring 2009) - Merging with St. Peter the Apostle Middle School

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