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Diocese of Orange Dioecesis Arausicanae in California | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Orange County |
| Ecclesiastical province | Los Angeles |
| Population - Catholics | 1,547,000 [1] (49.2%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 24, 1976[1] |
| Cathedral | Christ Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Guadalupe Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Kevin Vann |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Timothy Edward Freyer Thanh Thai Nguyen |
| Vicar General | Angelos Sebastian |
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| Website | |
| rcbo.org | |
The Diocese of Orange (Latin: Dioecesis Arausicanae in California; Spanish: Diócesis de Orange; Vietnamese: Giáo phận Quận Cam) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church that covers all of Orange County, California, in the United States.
It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The diocesan cathedral is Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. In addition to its 56 parish churches, the diocese oversees 41 schools and three general hospitals, plus one disabled and five ethnic ministry centers.
The Diocese of Orange was erected in 1976, then grew rapidly with immigrants from Asia and Latin America. It faced a sexual abuse scandal and a resulting $100 million settlement to its victims in 2005, which was the largest such settlement at the time.
The current diocesan bishop is Kevin Vann, who was installed on December 10, 2012. Diocesan offices are situated at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove. The diocesan patron saints are Our Lady of Guadalupe and Andrew Dũng-Lạc.[2][3] It is sometimes referred to as the Diocese of Orange in California, to avoid confusion with the Diocese of Orange in Orange, France, which was dissolved in 1801.
- ^ a b "Diocese of Orange in California". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, PATRONESS OF THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE | OC Catholic". www.occatholic.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange". oldsite.rcbo.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.