Diocese of San Jose in California

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Diocese of San Jose in California
Map of the Diocese of San Jose in California
Basic data
Country United States
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of San Francisco
Diocesan bishop Oscar Cantu
Emeritus diocesan bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath
founding 1981
surface 3,367 km²
Parishes 50 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 1,918,044 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 633,000 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 33%
Diocesan priest 137 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 180 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 1.997
Permanent deacons 34 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 226 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 264 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph
Website www.dsj.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California , English Diocese of San Jose, California ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Jose , California .

history

The diocese of San Jose in California was established on January 27, 1981 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quoniam Episcopi from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.

territory

The Diocese of San Jose in California comprises the area of Santa Clara County in the state of California .

Bishops of San Jose, California

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quoniam Episcopi , AAS 73 (1981), n.4, p. 249ff.
Cathedral of St. Joseph in San José