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.
- Sacred HeartHollisterView parish
- Sacred HeartSalinasMass times recorded
- San AgustínScotts ValleyMass times recorded
- San Antonio de PaduaJolonMass times recorded
- San Juan BautistaSan Juan BautistaMass times recorded
- San Luis Obispo de TolosaSan Luis ObispoView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelSan MiguelMass times recorded
- Santa CruzSanta CruzView parish
- Santa Margarita de CortonaSanta MargaritaMass times recorded
- Santa RosaCambriaView parish
- Santa RosaCambriaView parish
- Shrine of St. Joseph Guardian of the RedeemerSanta CruzView parish
- Shrine of St. JudeMarinaMass times recorded
- St. Angela MericiPacific GroveMass times recorded
- St. BenedictHollisterView parish
- St. Elizabeth Ann SetonLos OsosView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiOceanoView parish
- St. Francis of the RedwoodsBig SurView parish
- St. Francis XavierSeasideMass times recorded
- St. JohnFeltonView parish
- St. John the BaptistKing CityView parish
- St. JosephCapitolaMass times recorded
- St. JosephCayucosView parish
- St. JosephNipomoView parish
- St. JosephSpreckelsMass times recorded
- St. Junipero SerraShandonView parish
- St. LukeSan LucasView parish
- St. Mary of the NativitySalinasMass times recorded
- St. MichaelBoulder CreekMass times recorded
- St. PatrickArroyo GrandeView 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.