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Suffragan diocese Stockton, California, United States

Diocese of Stockton

Stocktonien(sis)

The Diocese of Stockton is a Latin Church diocese covering six counties of central California, erected in 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and is led by Bishop Myron Joseph Cotta, appointed in 2018.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Annunciation, in Stockton, United States.

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Established
1962
Catholics
233,000
Priests
105
Territory
15,995 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Myron Joseph Cotta
Born
21 March 1953
Birthplace
Dos Palos

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Annunciation stands in Stockton, 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.

History

The Central Valley and Mother Lode region of California in the United States belong to this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Diœcesis Stocktoniensis), a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco. The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton serves as its mother church.