Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae in California |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Santa Rosa, California, United States |
| Territory | Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma, California |
| Population | 154,060 Catholics |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Patron | St. Eugene |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Established | January 13, 1962 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Eugene |
| Bishop | Bishop of Santa Rosa in California |
| Website | Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Metropolitan | George Hugh Niederauer
Archbishop of San Francisco |
| Diocesan Bishop | Daniel F. Walsh
Bishop of Santa Rosa in California |
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 Daniel F. Walsh, who pastors the motherchurch in the City of Santa Rosa, the Cathedral of St. Eugene.
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 ceremonial suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose and Stockton.
[edit] Bishops of Santa Rosa in California
- Leo Thomas Maher (1962 - 1969)
- Mark Joseph Hurley (1969 - 1986)
- John Thomas Steinbock (1987 - 1991)
- George Patrick Ziemann (1992 - 1999)
- Daniel Francis Walsh (2000 - present)
[edit] High schools
- Archbishop Hanna High School, Sonoma
- Cardinal Newman High School, Santa Rosa
- Justin-Siena High School, Napa
- St. Bernard's High School, Eureka
- St. Vincent de Paul High School, Petaluma
- Ursuline High School, Santa Rosa
- Kolbe Academy and Trinity Prep*, Napa
- * Independently operated in the Catholic tradition.
