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Diocese of Sacramento

Dioecesis Sacramentensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jaime Soto, Bishop
  • William Keith Weigand, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 28 May 1886
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Francisco
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: California
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 110,326 (42,613 Square Miles)
  • Description: Northern and eastern regions of California
  • Conference Region: XI (CA, HI, NV)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SAC
  • Official Web Site: https://www.scd.org
  • Mailing Address: 2110 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
  • Telephone: (916)733-0200
  • Fax: 733-0215

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 May 1886ErectedDiocese of Grass Valley (suppressed)
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Diocese of Sacramento (erected)
27 March 1931Territory LostDiocese of Salt Lake (Clark, Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine)
Diocese of Sacramento (Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Humbodt, Lyon, Mineral, Ormsby, Storey, and Washoe)
Diocese of Reno (erected)
13 January 1962Territory LostDiocese of Sacramento (Del Norte and Humboldt Counties)
Archdiocese of San Francisco (Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)
Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California) (erected)
13 January 1962Territory LostDiocese of Sacramento (Calaveras, Toulumne, and Mono Counties)
Archdiocese of San Francisco (San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties)
Diocese of Stockton (erected)
13 January 1962Territory AddedArchdiocese of San Francisco (Solano County) Diocese of Sacramento
15 September 1966Territory LostDiocese of Sacramento (Alpine County) Diocese of Stockton

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950202,475809,90025.0%126201461,3863227468ap1951
1966221,5141,495,40014.8%1947026483914051087ap1967
1970228,3371,477,40015.5%1786324194711843589ap1971
1976222,4611,618,30013.7%16565230967112935190ap1977
1980240,5701,872,00012.9%18176257936112032791ap1981
1990360,0002,530,40014.2%178702481,4517811528095ap1991
1999454,0002,873,64615.8%165712361,9231022919198ap2000
2000454,6002,876,35715.8%191652561,7751029918698ap2001
2001477,3303,020,34015.8%178642421,9721159618498ap2002
2002500,0973,125,61016.0%179622412,0751158717998ap2003
2003510,0993,169,75016.1%182642462,0731108917098ap2004
2004520,3013,229,94516.1%192542462,1151387618098ap2005
2010980,6503,533,65227.8%193622553,84514888161105ap2011
2014987,7273,550,86427.8%223632863,453140122151102ap2015
20171,016,1933,646,00027.9%191632544,00014986132102ap2018
20201,047,9163,753,09627.9%227652923,58817578120102ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


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