Diocese of San Bernardino
Bernardinopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Bernardino, California, United States
The Diocese of San Bernardino is a Latin Church diocese covering San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California, erected in 1978. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and seated at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 July 1978
- Latin
- Bernardinopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Bernardine of Siena
- Annuario code
- 001002873
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,740,655
- Population
- 4,650,631
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 37.4%
- Priests
- 270
- Catholics per priest
- 6,447
- Extent
- 70,689 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Alberto Rojas
- Born
- 5 January 1965
- Birthplace
- El Zapote de la Labor
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
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral stands in San Bernardino, 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:
- Archdiocese of Los AngelesLos Angeles
- Diocese of FresnoFresno
- Diocese of Monterey in CaliforniaMonterey
- Diocese of Orange in CaliforniaOrange
- Diocese of San DiegoSan Diego
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1978, the Diocese of San Bernardino (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Bernardi, Spanish: Diócesis de San Bernardino) serves Southern California, its jurisdiction taking in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, it has as its cathedral Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino.
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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.