Diocese of San Diego

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Diocese of San Diego
Map of the Diocese of San Diego
Basic data
Country United States
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Diocesan bishop Robert Walter McElroy
Auxiliary bishop John Dolan
Ramon Bejarano
Emeritus diocesan bishop Robert Henry Brom
founding 1936
surface 22,942 km²
Parishes 98 (2017 / AP2018 )
Residents 3,479,712 (2017 / AP2018 )
Catholics 1,389,000 (2017 / AP2018 )
proportion of 39.9%
Diocesan priest 212 (2017 / AP2018 )
Religious priest 90 (2017 / AP2018 )
Catholics per priest 4,599
Permanent deacons 148 (2017 / AP2018 )
Friars 124 (2017 / AP2018 )
Religious sisters 194 (2017 / AP2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral
Website www.diocese-sdiego.org/
Ecclesiastical province
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Didaci ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Diego , California .

The patron saint of the diocese is St. Didakus .

Diocese coat of arms

history

Saint Joseph Cathedral in San Diego

The diocese was founded on July 11, 1936 from assignments of territory from the diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego . Charles Francis Buddy was appointed first bishop .

In 1978 the diocese of San Bernardino was spun off .

The Diocese of San Diego had to file for bankruptcy in February 2007 because of fines and compensation paid to victims of sexual abuse .

Since 1950, the number of Catholics in the Diocese of San Diego has increased more than six-fold from 161,000 to a good 981,000 in 2010. The main reason for this is the population growth in the region; the number of inhabitants on the territory of the diocese rose - despite the assignment of territory in 1978 - from around 150,000 to around 3,120,000 in the same period. At the same time, the proportion of creditors in the population has more than doubled from 15.4% to 31.5%.

territory

The Diocese of San Diego includes Imperial County and San Diego County in Southern California .

Bishops of San Diego

  1. Charles Francis Buddy (1936–1966; † 1966)
  2. Francis James Furey (1966-1969; † 1979)
  3. Leo Thomas Maher (1969–1990; † 1991)
  4. Robert Henry Brom (1990-2013)
  5. Cirilo Flores (2013-2014; † 2014)
  6. Robert Walter McElroy (since 2015)

Auxiliary bishops

Web links

Commons : Diocese of San Diego  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of St. Didakus. Official website of the Diocese of San Diego. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Brief description of the history of the Diocese of San Diego. Official website of the diocese. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b Entry on the Diocese of San Diego on catholic-hierarchy.org
  4. ^ San Diego Diocese files for bankruptcy. In: Los Angeles Times , February 28, 2007 ( online )
  5. ↑ Data on the diocese. Official website of the Diocese of San Diego. Retrieved June 12, 2014.