Diocese of San Bernardino Dioecesis Sancti Bernardi Diócesis de San Bernardino | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside, California |
Ecclesiastical province | Los Angeles |
Statistics | |
Area | 70,689 km2 (27,293 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 4,650,631 1,740,655 (37.4%) |
Parishes | 92 |
Schools | 30 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | November 6, 1978 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral |
Patron saint | St. Bernardine of Siena Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alberto Rojas |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
Website | |
sbdiocese.org |
The Diocese of San Bernardino (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Bernardi, Spanish: Diócesis de San Bernardino) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, in Southern California in the United States. Erected by Pope Paul VI on July 14, 1978, its jurisdiction extends over San Bernardino and Riverside counties. As of 2021[update], the diocese had 92 parishes and 12 missions in its territory.[1] Its cathedral is Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino.
The Diocese of San Bernardino is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles.