Archdiocese of San Francisco
Sancti Francisci in California
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Francisco, California, United States
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is a Latin Church metropolitan see covering the city of San Francisco and Marin and San Mateo counties, erected and elevated to archdiocesan rank in 1853. It is the metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco and seated at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1853
- Latin
- Sancti Francisci in California
- Patron
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Annuario code
- 001002894
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 477,120
- Population
- 1,918,620
- Catholic share
- 24.9%
- Priests
- 336
- Catholics per priest
- 1,420
- Extent
- 6,023 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 79
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
- Archbishop
- Salvatore J. Cordileone
- Born
- 5 June 1956
- Birthplace
- San Diego
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 Saint Mary of the Assumption stands in San Francisco, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HonoluluHonolulu
- Diocese of OaklandOakland
- 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
Pope Pius IX erected the Archdiocese of San Francisco on July 29, 1853. A Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church serving the northern California region of the United States (Latin: Archdiœcesis Sancti Francisci; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de San Francisco), it has for its mother church the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.
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].