Diocese of Santa Rosa (in California)
Sanctae Rosae in California
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santa Rosa, California, United States
The Diocese of Santa Rosa in California was erected in 1962 and covers six counties of northern California. It is led by Bishop Robert F. Vasa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 January 1962
- Latin
- Sanctae Rosae in California
- Patron
- Saint Rose of Lima
- Annuario code
- 001002960
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 191,049
- Population
- 955,245
- Catholic share
- 20.0%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 3,538
- Extent
- 30,331 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.3
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
- Robert F. Vasa
- Born
- 7 May 1951
- Birthplace
- Lincoln
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 Eugene stands in Santa Rosa, 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 OaklandOakland
- Diocese of SacramentoSacramento
- Diocese of San Jose in CaliforniaSan Jose
- Diocese of StocktonStockton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern California is home to the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California (Latin: Diœcesis Sanctae Rosae in California), a Catholic diocese of the United States and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Eugene in Santa Rosa, and Robert Vasa 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].