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Diocese of Orange in California

Arausicanae in California

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orange, California, United States

The Diocese of Orange, erected in 1976, covers all of Orange County, California, with its seat at Christ Cathedral (formerly the Crystal Cathedral) since 2019. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and led by Bishop Kevin W. Vann.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 March 1976
Latin
Arausicanae in California
Patron
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Annuario code
001002465

The see in figures

Catholics
1,360,000
Population
3,170,435
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
42.9%
Priests
265
Catholics per priest
5,132
Extent
2,025 km²
Catholics per km²
672

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Kevin W. Vann
Born
10 May 1951
Birthplace
Springfield (Illinois)

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Christ Cathedral stands in Orange, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Los Angeles

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

All of Orange County, California, in the United States falls within the Diocese of Orange in California (Latin: Dioecesis Arausicanae in California; Spanish: Diócesis de Orange; Vietnamese: Giáo phận Quận Cam), a Catholic diocese and a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Erected in 1976, the diocese grew rapidly with immigrants from Asia and Latin America. Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove is the diocesan cathedral, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Andrew Dũng-Lạc are the diocesan patron saints, and as of 2026 Kevin Vann serves as bishop.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.