Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California is a diocese, or ecclesiastical territory, of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima. It comprises the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma. Also known as the See of Santa Rosa in California, it is led by a bishop, currently Bishop Robert Francis Vasa, who pastors the mother church in the City of Santa Rosa, the Cathedral of Saint Eugene.
The diocese was established on February 21, 1962 from portions of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Sacramento.
Today, the See of Santa Rosa in California remains a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragan dioceses include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Hawaii; Las Vegas, Nevada; Oakland, California; Reno, Nevada; Sacramento, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Jose, California and Stockton, California.

Bishops

Bishops of Santa Rosa in California

  1. Leo Thomas Maher, appointed Bishop of San Diego
  2. Mark Joseph Hurley
  3. John Thomas Steinbock, appointed Bishop of Fresno
  4. George Patrick Ziemann
  5. Daniel Francis Walsh
  6. Robert Francis Vasa

    Coadjutor Bishop

The diocese includes approxiamtely 63 parish and mission churches. The diocese is divided geographically in into five deaneries as follows: Humboldt/Del Norte ; Mendocino/Lake ; Napa ; Sonoma North ; and Sonoma South. A list of these churches is found at List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California.

Roman Catholic schools

Elementary schools

  1. St. Bernard School, Eureka
  2. St. John the Baptist School, Healdsburg
  3. St. Apollinaris School, Napa
  4. St. John the Baptist School, Napa
  5. St. Vincent de Paul School, Petaluma
  6. St. Eugene's Cathedral Elementary School, Santa Rosa
  7. St. Rose Elementary School, Santa Rosa
  8. St. Francis Solano School, Sonoma
  9. St. Helena School, St. Helena
  10. St. Mary of the Angels School, Ukiah

    High schools

  11. St. Bernard's High School, Eureka
  12. Justin-Siena High School, Napa
  13. Kolbe Academy and Trinity Prep*, Napa
  14. St. Vincent de Paul High School, Petaluma
  15. Cardinal Newman High School, Santa Rosa
  16. Archbishop Hanna High School, Sonoma

    Roman Catholic hospitals

Hospitals listed on the Diocese of Santa Rosa website: