Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California

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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California

Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Basic information
Location San Jose, California, United States
Territory County of Santa Clara
Rite Roman Rite
Patron Saint Joseph, Saint Clare of Assisi
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of San Francisco
Established January 27, 1981
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Co-cathedral Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral
Bishop Bishop of San Jose in California
Website Diocese of San Jose in California
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Metropolitan George Hugh Niederauer

Archbishop of San Francisco
Diocesan Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath

Bishop of San Jose in California

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises Santa Clara County, and is led by a bishop. Its patron saints are Saint Joseph and Saint Clare of Assisi.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in Downtown San Jose is the cathedral church of the diocese. The diocesan offices are located in the neighboring City of Santa Clara. The diocese serves over 600,000 Catholics in 52 parishes and missions, three university campus ministries, and 38 schools.

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[edit] History

The history of the Catholic Church in Santa Clara County dates to the founding of Mission Santa Clara de Asis in 1777. Originally a part of the Diocese of Sonora in Mexico, in 1840 San Jose and the rest of the Californias became part of the Diocese of Alta and Baja California, headquartered in Santa Barbara.

In 1850 the Diocese of Alta and Baja California was split between the American and Mexican territories, and San Jose became a part of the Diocese of Monterey. In 1853, the northern half of the county became part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, while the areas around Gilroy and Morgan Hill remained in the Diocese of Monterey. In 1922 the American Catholic Church decided to use county boundaries for dioceses, and the southern half of the county was transferred to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Pope John Paul II granted the See of San Jose independence on January 27, 1981; the diocese was canonically erected later that year by archbishops Pio Laghi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, and John Quinn, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco, on March 18, the vigil of the feast of Saint Joseph. The first Bishop of San Jose was Pierre DuMaine, and the first cathedral of the diocese was Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish.

Today, the diocese remains a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa and Stockton.

[edit] Bishops of San Jose in California

[edit] Parishes

The breakdown of the 53 parishes in the DSJ across the cities of Santa Clara county are provided below

  • Campbell (1)
    • Saint Lucy Parish
  • Gilroy (1)
    • Saint Mary Parish
  • Los Altos (3)
    • Saint Nicholas Parish
    • Saint Simon Parish
    • Saint William Parish
  • Los Gatos (1)
    • Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish
  • Milpitas (2)
    • Saint Elizabeth Parish
    • Saint John the Baptist Parish
  • Monte Sereno (0)
  • Morgan Hill (1)
    • Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish

[edit] Education

In terms of student population, the diocese is the second largest education provider in the county, trailing only San Jose Unified School District. Most of the primary schools are parochial, or operated by a parish, while all the high schools, with the exception of St. Lawrence Academy, are operated by either the diocese or by a religious order. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit run university at the site of Mission Santa Clara.

[edit] High schools

* Not associated with Diocese.

[edit] Primary schools

[edit] External links

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