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Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California)

Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae in California



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Bishop(s)

  • Robert Francis Vasa, Bishop
  • Daniel Francis Walsh, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 January 1962
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Francisco
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: California
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 30,320 (11,711 Square Miles)
  • Description: Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties
  • Conference Region: XI (CA, HI, NV)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SR
  • Official Web Site: https://srdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: 985 Airway Ct., Santa Rosa, CA 95403; P.O. Box 1297, Santa Rosa, CA 95402, USA
  • Telephone: (707)566-3334
  • Fax: 566-3310

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 January 1962ErectedDiocese of Sacramento (Del Norte and Humboldt Counties)
Archdiocese of San Francisco (Sonoma, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)
Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California) (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196678,200427,40818.3%61441057444425232ap1967
197065,340463,40014.1%822410661654920446ap1971
197675,607532,35014.2%823311565728415837ap1977
198088,660558,10215.9%812310485226112738ap1981
1990107,064729,62014.7%8514991,08195711041ap1991
1999141,792745,13819.0%85201051,35018399143ap2000
2000143,535747,88119.2%96171131,27018578243ap2001
2001146,024751,31219.4%83171001,46038547941ap2002
2002148,605753,89319.7%90161061,40135516942ap2003
2003151,218753,89320.1%8711981,54334496341ap2004
2004154,060753,89320.4%8510951,62130384942ap2005
2010169,567909,36118.6%709792,14627354242ap2011
2014175,443945,40218.6%8611971,80839373141ap2015
2017184,623969,82019.0%758832,22456352841ap2018
2020196,181980,90620.0%6710772,54751372740ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 839, to Page 841

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