Diocese of Monterey in California
Diocese of Monterey in California | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Los Angeles |
Diocesan bishop | Daniel Elias Garcia |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Sylvester Donovan Ryan |
surface | 21,196 km² |
Parishes | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,040,498 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 208,100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 20% |
Diocesan priest | 85 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,692 |
Permanent deacons | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 93 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo |
Website | www.dioceseofmonterey.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California ( Latin Dioecesis Montereyensis in California , English Diocese of Monterey in California ) is one in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Monterey , California .
history
The diocese of Monterey in California was founded on April 27, 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicam sollicitudinem from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Sonora as the Diocese of California and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mexico City as a suffragan . The Diocese of California was renamed the Diocese of Monterey on November 20, 1849 . On July 29, 1853, the diocese of Monterey gave up parts of its territory to establish the Archdiocese of San Francisco , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan. The diocese of Monterey was renamed the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles on July 7, 1859 . On June 1, 1922, the diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles was divided into the dioceses of Monterey-Fresno and Los Angeles-San Diego . The diocese of Monterey-Fresno was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on July 11, 1936 as a suffragan. On October 6, 1967, the diocese of Monterey-Fresno was divided into the dioceses of Fresno and Monterey in California.
territory
The diocese of Monterey in California includes the areas of Monterey County , Santa Cruz County , San Benito County and San Luis Obispo County in the state of California .
Ordinaries
Bishops of California
- Francisco José Vicente Garcia Diego y Moreno OFM (1840–1846; † 1846)
José Maria González Rúbio OFM ( Apostolic Administrator 1846–1849; † 1875)
Bishops of Monterey
- Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill OP (1850-1853, then Archbishop of San Francisco; † 1888)
- Thaddeus Amat y Brusi CM (1854-1859; † 1878)
Bishops of Monterey-Los Angeles
- Thaddeus Amat y Brusi CM (1859–1878; † 1878)
- Francisco Mora y Borrell (1878-1896; † 1905)
- George Thomas Montgomery (1896–1902, then Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco; † 1907)
- Thomas James Conaty (1903-1915; † 1915)
- John Joseph Cantwell (1917–1922, then Bishop of Los Angeles-San Diego; † 1947)
Bishops of Monterey-Fresno
- John Bernard MacGinley (1924–1932; † 1969)
- Philip George Scher (1933–1953; † 1953)
- Aloysius Joseph Willinger CSsR (1953–1967; † 1973)
Bishops of Monterey, California
- Aloysius Joseph Willinger CSsR (1967, † 1973)
- Harry Anselm Clinch (1967–1982; † 2003)
- Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda (1982-1991; † 1991)
- Sylvester Donovan Ryan (1992-2006)
- Richard John Garcia (2007-2018)
- Daniel Elias Garcia (since 2018)
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Monterey in California (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Monterey in California on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)