Suffragan diocese Monterey, California, United States
Diocese of Monterey in California
Montereyen(sis) in California
Latin Church
The Diocese of Monterey in California is the Latin Church diocese covering Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Cruz counties on the Central Coast. Erected in its current form in 1967, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and is led by Bishop Ramon Bejarano.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1967
- Catholics
- 208,100
- Priests
- 95
- Territory
- 21,196 km²
Parishes and churches
67 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Carlos BorromeoMonterey · CathedralMass times recorded
- Basilica of St. Charles BorromeoCarmel-by-the-SeaMass times recorded
- Blessed Edmund RiceSalinasView parish
- Christ ChildLos GatosMass times recorded
- Christ the KingSalinasMass times recorded
- Church of St. AnneSan Luis ObispoView parish
- Holy CrossSanta CruzView parish
- Holy EucharistCorralitosMass times recorded
- Holy SpiritMontereyView parish
- Holy TrinityGreenfieldView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionTres PinosMass times recorded
- Immaculate HeartBig SurView parish
- Madonna del SassoSalinasMass times recorded
- Nativity of Our LadySan Luis ObispoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la SoledadSoledadMass times recorded
- Our Lady Help of ChristiansWatsonvilleMass times recorded
- Our Lady of GraceAptosView parish
- Our Lady of GuadalupeBradleyView parish
- Our Lady of GuadalupeChualarView parish
- Our Lady of Guadalupe–Santa RitaSalinasView parish
- Our Lady of MercySan Luis ObispoView parish
- Our Lady of Mount CarmelCarmel ValleyMass times recorded
- Our Lady of RansomSan ArdoMass times recorded
- Our Lady of RefugeCastrovilleView parish
- Our Lady of SolitudeSoledadMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the AssumptionWatsonvilleMass times recorded
- Our Lady Star of the SeaSanta CruzView parish
- Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces, and St. ThereseCarmel-by-the-SeaView parish
- ResurrectionAptosMass times recorded
- Risen ChristSan Luis ObispoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ramón Bejarano
- Born
- 17 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Laredo
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo stands in Monterey, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Along California's Central Coast, the Diocese of Monterey in California (Latin: Dioecesis Montereyensis in California) takes in Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties. Its mother church is the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey. Seven of California's 21 Franciscan missions stand within its borders, more than in any other California diocese.