Diocese of San Diego Dioecesis Sancti Didaci Diócesis de San Diego | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of San Diego, Imperial |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Los Angeles |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017[1]) 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[2] |
Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
Patron saint | St. Didacus of Alcalá |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Robert W. Cardinal McElroy |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez |
Auxiliary Bishops | Ramon Bejarano Michael Phạm Minh Cường Felipe Pulido |
Map | |
Website | |
sdcatholic.org |
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.
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.