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Suffragan diocese San Jose, California, United States

Diocese of San Jose in California

Sancti Iosephi in California

The Diocese of San Jose in California was erected in 1981 from territory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. It covers Santa Clara County and is led by Bishop Oscar Cantú.

On the map

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San Jose, United States, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1981
Catholics
633,000
Priests
329
Territory
3,367 km²

Parishes and churches

57 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Oscar Cantú
Born
5 December 1966
Birthplace
Houston

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph stands in San Jose, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Santa Clara County in California forms the territory of the Diocese of San José in California (Latin: Diœcesis Sancti Josephi in California), a Catholic diocese in the United States whose mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose.