Diocese of Oakland
Quercopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oakland, California, United States
The Diocese of Oakland, erected in 1962, serves Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and led by Bishop Michael C. Barber, S.J.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 January 1962
- Latin
- Quercopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Mary, Queen of the World
- Annuario code
- 001002437
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 560,000
- Population
- 2,931,900
- Catholic share
- 19.1%
- Priests
- 358
- Catholics per priest
- 1,564
- Extent
- 3,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 147
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Michael C. Barber, S.J.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the Light stands in Oakland, 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.
The province of San Francisco
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Francisco.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San FranciscoSan Francisco
- Diocese of HonoluluHonolulu
- Diocese of SacramentoSacramento
- Diocese of San Jose in CaliforniaSan Jose
- Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California)Santa Rosa
- Diocese of StocktonStockton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the San Francisco Bay Area of California, the Diocese of Oakland (Latin: Diœcesis Quercopolitana) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States, a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco. The Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland is its mother church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].