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Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California)

Sanctae Rosae in California

The Diocese of Santa Rosa in California was erected in 1962 and covers six counties of northern California. It is led by Bishop Robert F. Vasa.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
13 January 1962
Latin
Sanctae Rosae in California
Patron
Saint Rose of Lima
Annuario code
001002960

The see in figures

Catholics
191,049
Population
955,245
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
20.0%
Priests
54
Catholics per priest
3,538
Extent
30,331 km²
Catholics per km²
6.3

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
Robert F. Vasa
Born
7 May 1951
Birthplace
Lincoln

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

Cathedral of Saint Eugene stands in Santa Rosa, 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 San Francisco

A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Northern California is home to the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California (Latin: Diœcesis Sanctae Rosae in California), a Catholic diocese of the United States and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Eugene in Santa Rosa, and Robert Vasa 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.