Diocese of Orange in California
Arausicanae in California
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orange, California, United States
The Diocese of Orange, erected in 1976, covers all of Orange County, California, with its seat at Christ Cathedral (formerly the Crystal Cathedral) since 2019. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and led by Bishop Kevin W. Vann.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 March 1976
- Latin
- Arausicanae in California
- Patron
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Annuario code
- 001002465
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,360,000
- Population
- 3,170,435
- Catholic share
- 42.9%
- Priests
- 265
- Catholics per priest
- 5,132
- Extent
- 2,025 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 672
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
- Kevin W. Vann
- Born
- 10 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Springfield (Illinois)
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
Christ Cathedral stands in Orange, 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 Los Angeles
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Los AngelesLos Angeles
- Diocese of FresnoFresno
- Diocese of Monterey in CaliforniaMonterey
- Diocese of San BernardinoSan Bernardino
- Diocese of San DiegoSan Diego
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
All of Orange County, California, in the United States falls within the Diocese of Orange in California (Latin: Dioecesis Arausicanae in California; Spanish: Diócesis de Orange; Vietnamese: Giáo phận Quận Cam), a Catholic diocese and a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Erected in 1976, the diocese grew rapidly with immigrants from Asia and Latin America. Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove is the diocesan cathedral, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Andrew Dũng-Lạc are the diocesan patron saints, and as of 2026 Kevin Vann serves as bishop.
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].