A diocese spokesman says Sinton police have taken a man into custody. No identity has been released.
Flight nurse Michael Perry told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that the priest had just completed saying morning Mass and was walking outside the church when a man attacked him.
No word yet on what prompted the stabbing.
Sinton is about 30 miles north of Corpus Christi.
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