Diocese of Monterey in California Dioecesis Montereyensis in California | |
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 Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Cruz, California, Region XI, United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Los Angeles |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | 1,040,498 208,100[1] (20.0%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 27, 1840, reestablished October 6, 1967 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Bethlehem Saint Charles Borromeo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Daniel E. Garcia |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez |
| Bishops emeritus | Sylvester Donovan Ryan |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofmonterey.org | |
The Diocese of Monterey in California (Latin: Dioecesis Montereyensis in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese, of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the central coast region of California. It comprises Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties.
The mother church of the Diocese of Monterey in California is the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey. The diocese serves close to 200,000 Catholics in 46 parishes and 18 schools. It is also home to seven of California's 21 Franciscan missions, more than any other California diocese.