Diocese of San Diego
Diocese of San Diego | |
Basic data | |
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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 | |
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 .
history
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
- Charles Francis Buddy (1936–1966; † 1966)
- Francis James Furey (1966-1969; † 1979)
- Leo Thomas Maher (1969–1990; † 1991)
- Robert Henry Brom (1990-2013)
- Cirilo Flores (2013-2014; † 2014)
- Robert Walter McElroy (since 2015)
Auxiliary bishops
- Richard Henry Ackerman (1956-1960)
- John Raphael Quinn (1967–1971)
- Gilbert Espinosa Chávez (1974-2007)
- Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (2002-2009)
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of San Diego on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Website of the Diocese of San Diego (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of St. Didakus. Official website of the Diocese of San Diego. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Brief description of the history of the Diocese of San Diego. Official website of the diocese. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ a b Entry on the Diocese of San Diego on catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ San Diego Diocese files for bankruptcy. In: Los Angeles Times , February 28, 2007 ( online )
- ↑ Data on the diocese. Official website of the Diocese of San Diego. Retrieved June 12, 2014.