Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
The Diocese of San Diego (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Didaci) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern California, United States. Its ecclesiastical territory includes all of San Diego and Imperial Counties.
Diocese of San Diego Dioecesis Sancti Didaci Diócesis de San Diego | |
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St. Joseph Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of San Diego, Imperial |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Los Angeles |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 3,484,311 1,391,278 (39.9%) |
| Parishes | 98 |
| Schools | 89 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 11, 1936 |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Didacus of Alcalá |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Robert W. Cardinal McElroy |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez Archbishop of Los Angeles |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Ramon Bejarano Michael Phạm Minh Cường Felipe Pulido |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| sdcatholic.org | |
The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Its mother church is St. Joseph Cathedral in San Diego.
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