Diocese of San Jose in California
Sancti Iosephi in California
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Jose, California, United States
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 January 1981
- Latin
- Sancti Iosephi in California
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002911
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 633,000
- Population
- 1,918,044
- Catholic share
- 33.0%
- Priests
- 329
- Catholics per priest
- 1,924
- Extent
- 3,367 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 188
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
- Oscar Cantú
- Born
- 5 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Houston
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 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.
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 OaklandOakland
- Diocese of SacramentoSacramento
- Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California)Santa Rosa
- Diocese of StocktonStockton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].