Bishopric of Stockton
| Bishopric of Stockton | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Diocesan bishop | Myron Joseph Cotta |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 15,995 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,361,162 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 250,692 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 18.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,584 |
| Permanent deacons | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Annunciation |
| Website | www.stocktondiocese.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton ( Latin Dioecesis Stocktoniensis , English Diocese of Stockton ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Stockton , California .
history
The Stockton Bishopric was founded on January 13, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ineunte vere from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Sacramento and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Francisco as a suffragan . On September 15, 1966, the Alpine County area was incorporated into the Stockton Bishopric .
In January 2014, the diocese declared insolvency under Chapter 11 of US bankruptcy law. This was due to compensation payments equivalent to around ten million euros, which it had to make as a result of several cases of child abuse . The diocese is the tenth in the United States to take this step.
territory
The Diocese of Stockton includes the areas of Alpine County, Calaveras County , Mono County , San Joaquin County , Solano County , Stanislaus County and Tuolumne County in the state of California .
Bishops of Stockton
- Hugh Aloysius Donohoe , 1962–1969, then Bishop of Fresno
- Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle , 1969-1979
- Roger Michael Mahony , 1980–1985, then Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Donald William Montrose , 1985-1999
- Stephen Edward Blaire , 1999-2018
- Myron Joseph Cotta , since 2018
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Stockton (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Stockton on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Ineunte vere , AAS 54 (1962), n.15, p. 839ff.
- ↑ Compensation payments lead US diocese to bankruptcy Die Zeit, January 16, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2014.