Gallup, Diocese of
City of a diocese in the State of New Mexico in the United States of America, created by Pope Pius XII on 16 December 1939 by the apostolic constitution *Ad bonum animarum*. It comprises the counties of Coconino, Mohave, Apache, Navajo and Yavapai in the State of Arizona; the counties of San Juan, McKinley and Catron in the State of New Mexico; and those parts of the counties of Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Bernalillo and Valencia situated west of the meridian plane.
The diocese extends over an area of 90,749 sq. km., with a population of 145,000, of whom 39,884 are Catholics. It has 25 parishes, 124 missions, 11 diocesan priests and 48 regular clergy; the male religious communities number 21 and the female 48. In 1946 there were 165 conversions. The diocese is a suffragan of Santa Fe. The cathedral is dedicated to the Sacred Heart.