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Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California

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Country
  
United States

Area
  
30,331 km²

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Saint Eugene

Parishes
  
42

Bishop
  
Robert F. Vasa

Phone
  
+1 707-545-7610

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California

Territory
  
Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma, California

Ecclesiastical province
  
Archdiocese of San Francisco

Metropolitan
  
Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, California

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2009) 911,678 167,945 (18%)

Address
  
985 Airway Ct, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, USA

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima. It comprises the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma. Also known as the See of Santa Rosa in California, it is led by a bishop, currently Bishop Robert Francis Vasa, who pastors the mother church in the City of Santa Rosa, the Cathedral of Saint Eugene. (Bishop Walsh retired on June 30, 2011, and was succeeded by his coadjutor.)

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The diocese was established on February 21, 1962 from portions of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Sacramento.

Today, the See of Santa Rosa in California remains a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragan dioceses include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Hawaii; Las Vegas, Nevada; Oakland, California; Reno, Nevada; Sacramento, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Jose, California and Stockton, California.

Ordinaries

  1. Bishop Leo Thomas Maher 1962 - 1969
  2. Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley 1969 - 1986
  3. Bishop John Thomas Steinbock 1987 - 1991
  4. Bishop George Patrick Ziemann 1992 - 1999
  5. Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh 2000 - 2011
  6. Bishop Robert Francis Vasa June 30, 2011 – present

Apostolic Administrator

  • Archbishop William Levada 1999 - 2000

    • Coadjutor Bishop

  • Bishop Robert Vasa 2010 - July 1, 2011

    • Sonoma County

    Listed alphabetically by City or Town

    Napa County

    Listed alphabetically by City or Town

    1. Holy Family, American Canyon
    2. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Calistoga
    3. St. John the Baptist, Napa
    4. St. Apollinaris, Napa
    5. St. Thomas Aquinas, Napa
    6. Holy Family Mission, Rutherford
    7. St. Helena, St. Helena
    8. St. Joan of Arc, Yountville

    Mendocino County

    Listed alphabetically by City or Town

    1. Our Lady Queen of Peace Mission, Covelo
    2. Blessed Sacrament Mission, Elk
    3. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Fort Bragg
    4. Mary Star of the Sea Mission, Gualala
    5. St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Hopland
    6. St. Francis of Assisi Indian Mission, Hopland Rancheria
    7. St. Anthony, Mendocino
    8. St. Elizabeth Seton Mission, Philo
    9. St. Aloysius, Point Arena
    10. St. Mary of the Angels, Ukiah
    11. St. Anthony, Willits

    Lake County

    Listed alphabetically by City or Town

    1. Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Clearlake
    2. Our Lady of the Pines Mission, Cobb
    3. St. Peter Mission, Kelseyville
    4. St. Mary Immaculate, Lakeport
    5. Our Lady of the Lakes Mission, Loch Lomond
    6. Our Lady of the Rosary Mission, Lucerne
    7. St. Joseph, Middletown

    Humboldt County

    Listed alphabetically by City or Town

    1. St. Mary, Arcata
    2. Newman Center, Humboldt State University, Arcata
    3. St. Joseph Mission, Blue Lake
    4. Sacred Heart, Eureka
    5. St. Bernard, Eureka
    6. St. Joseph Mission, Eureka
    7. Assumption, Ferndale
    8. St. Joseph, Fortuna
    9. Our Lady of the Redwoods, Garberville
    10. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission, Hoopa
    11. St. Patrick Mission, Loleta
    12. Christ the King, McKinleyville
    13. St. Patrick Mission, Petrolia
    14. St. Patrick Mission, Scotia
    15. Holy Trinity Mission, Trinidad

    Del Norte County

    1. St. Joseph, Crescent City
    2. St. Robert and St. Ann Mission, Klamath

    Elementary schools

    1. St. Bernard School, Eureka
    2. St. John the Baptist School, Healdsburg
    3. St. Apollinaris School, Napa
    4. St. John the Baptist School, Napa
    5. St. Vincent de Paul School, Petaluma
    6. St. Eugene's Cathedral Elementary School, Santa Rosa
    7. St. Rose Elementary School, Santa Rosa
    8. St. Francis Solano School, Sonoma
    9. St. Helena School, St. Helena
    10. St. Mary of the Angels School, Ukiah

    High schools

    1. St. Bernard's High School, Eureka
    2. Justin-Siena High School, Napa
    3. Kolbe Academy and Trinity Prep*, Napa
    4. St. Vincent de Paul High School, Petaluma
    5. Cardinal Newman High School, Santa Rosa
    6. Archbishop Hanna High School, Sonoma
    * Independently operated in the Catholic tradition.

    Roman Catholic hospitals

    Hospitals listed on the Diocese of Santa Rosa website:

  • Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa, California),
  • Redwood Memorial Hospital, Fortuna
  • Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma
  • Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa
  • St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka
  • Humboldt Home Health, Eureka

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California Wikipedia
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