List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Archdiocese of San Francisco includes the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo.[1]

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, completed in 1971

The mother church of the Archdiocese is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, completed in 1971 in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. It replaced the original Old Saint Mary's Cathedral which now functions as a parish church. The archdiocese also includes many other historic churches including Mission San Francisco de Asís, the oldest building in San Francisco, and Saints Peter and Paul Church, known as the Italian cathedral of the West.

San Francisco County

Deanery 1

Deanery 1 consists of San Francisco's Sunset District, Forest Hill, Parkside, Westwood Park, and Lakeside neighborhoods.

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Holy Name of Jesus		1555 39th Avenue	Parish created in 1925 in the Sunset District; the current modern concrete and steel church was dedicated in 1964 and was referred to at the time as being "as modern as tomorrow"[2]
St. Anne of the Sunset		850 Judah St.	Romanesque church in Sunset District completed in 1932
St. Brendan the Navigator		29 Rockaway Ave.	California mission-style structure with a distinctive bell tower[3]
St. Cecilia		2555 17th Ave	Parish created in 1917; current Spanish colonial church completed in 1956 in Sunset District[4]
St. Finn Barr		415 Edna Street	Parish created in 1926 in the Sunnyside district[5]
St. Gabriel		2559 40th Avenue	Parish established in 1941; church dedicated in 1942[6]
St. John of God		1290 5th Ave	[7]
St. Stephen		601 Eucalyptus Dr	Parish formed in 1950; new church dedicated in 1964[8]
St. Thomas More		1300 Junipero Serra Blvd	[9]

Deanery 2

Deanery 2 consists of the Bayview/Hunter's Point neighborhood, and the Excelsior District, Visitacion Valley, and Crocker Amazon, and Ingleside areas.

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
All Hallows Chapel		1400 Newhall St	Historic church located on a hill overlooking Hunters Point; now merged into the Our Lady of Lourdes parish[10]
Corpus Christi		62 Santa Rosa Ave	A Salesian parish[11]
Church of the Epiphany		827 Vienna St	Current church completed in 1950[12]
Our Lady of Lourdes		410 Hawes St	Wooden chapel with carved beams and stained glass windows depicting Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth and others[13]
St. Elizabeth		459 Somerset St	[14]
St. Emydius		286 Ashton Ave	[15]
St. Michael Korean		32 Broad St
St. Paul of the Shipwreck		1122 Jamestown Ave	Parish founded in 1915 in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood[16]
Church of the Visitacion		655 Sunnydale Ave	Parish history dates to 1907; current church dedicated in 1952[17]

Deanery 3

Deanery 3 consists of the Western Addition, Japantown, The Castro, Haight-Ashbury, Richmond District, and Cow Hollow neighborhoods.

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Most Holy Redeemer		100 Diamond St	Parish established in 1900; church dedicated 1901; located in The Castro district[18]
Our Lady of Fatima		5920 Geary Blvd	Russian Byzantine parish founded in 1950 to serve Russian exiles[19]
St. Agnes		1025 Masonic Ave	Parish dates to 1893; addition to church in 1953[20]
St. Dominic		2390 Bush St	Parish established 1873; Gothic style church completed 1928; flying buttresses added in early 1990s for seismic stability[21]
St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf		1801 Octavia St	Established in 1984 as the only deaf Catholic parish in the Western United States[22]
St. Ignatius		650 Parker Ave	Parish formed 1855; current Italian Renaissance and Baroque church dedicated in 1914[23]
St. Monica		470 24th Ave	Parish dates to 1911; current church dedicated in 1918[24]
St. Thomas the Apostle		3835 Balboa St	First church built 1923, expanded 1930[25]
St. Vincent de Paul		2320 Green St	Parish in Pacific Heights neighborhood formed in 1901; new church opened in 1913 became known as the "Church of the Exposition"[26]
Star of the Sea		4420 Geary Blvd	[27]
Nativity of Our Lord		240 Fell St	Dedicated in 1904, began as a parish serving the Croatian and Slovenian immigrants[28]

Deanery 4

Deanery 4 consists of San Francisco's Financial District, Chinatown, North Beach, Tenderloin District, and SOMA areas.

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Notre Dame des Victoires		566 Bush St	Parish founded in 1856 to serve French immigrants; original church destroyed in the San Francisco Earthquake and the current church built in 1913; designated as a San Francisco Historic landmark[29]
Old St. Mary's Cathedral		660 California St	Gothic Revival church built in 1854, designated a San Francisco landmark[30]
St. Boniface		133 Golden Gate Ave	[31]
St. Patrick		756 Mission St	Church rebuilt after San Francisco Earthquake, designated as a San Francisco Historic Landmark #4[32]
Sts. Peter and Paul		666 Filbert St	Once known as the Italian Cathedral of the West, completed in 1924
National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi		610 Vallejo St	Current Norman Gothic church with twin campanile dedicated 1860[33]

Deanery 5

Deanery 5 consists of the Mission District, Bernal Heights, Glen Park, Potrero Hill, and Noe Valley.

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Mission Dolores Basilica and Mission San Francisco de Asis		3321 16th St	The mission building is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco; the basilica was added in 1918
Immaculate Conception Chapel		3255 Folsom St	Part of St. Anthony of Padua parish; reported apparitions of Virgin Mary drew crowds in 1990s[34]
St. Anthony of Padua		3215 Cesar Chavez St	Parish established 1893[35]
St. Charles Borromeo		701 S Van Ness Ave	Parish established 1887; current Mission style church built 1917[36]
St. James		1086 Guerrero St	[37]
St. John the Evangelist		19 St Marys Ave	[38]
St. Kevin		704 Cortland Ave	Parish founded 1922; current church built 1925[39]
St. Paul		221 Valley St	Parish church in Noe Valley neighborhood, completed in 1911[40]
St. Peter		1200 Florida St	Established 1867[41]
St. Philip the Apostle		725 Diamond St	Gothic Revival church built in 1925[42]
St. Teresa of Avila		1490 19th St	Established as a parish in 1880; church built 1892[43]

Marin County

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Mission San Rafael Arcángel		1104 5th Ave, San Rafael	Founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia ("sub-mission") of Mission San Francisco de Asís; granted full mission status in 1822.[44]
Our Lady of Loretto		1806 Novato Boulevard, Novato	Parish dates to 1892 as a mission church; current church dedicated in 1963[45]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel		3 Oakdale Avenue, Mill Valley	Current church dedicated in 1968[46]
Sacred Heart		10189 State Route, #1, Olema	Current church dedicated in 1967[47]
St. Anselm		97 Shady Lane and Bolinas, San Anselmo	Parish established and church built in 1908[48]
St. Anthony of Padua		1000 Cambridge Street, Novato	Parish established 1968; church dedicated 1971[49]
St. Cecilia		450 Cintura Ave, Lagunitas	[50]
St. Hillary		761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon	[51]
St. Isabella		One Trinity Way, San Rafael	[52]
St. Mary Star of the Sea		180 Harrison Avenue, Sausalito	Parish established 1881; current church built 1959[53]
St. Mary's		Ranch Rd, Nicasio	Built in 1867, declared a historical monument by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West in 1967; now a mission church of St. Cecilia's in Lagunitas[54][55]
St. Mary Magdalene		16 Horseshoe Hill Rd, Bolinas	Mission church of Sacred Heart in Olema; dates to 1878[56]
St. Patrick		114 King Street, Larkspur	Established 1915[57]
St. Raphael		1104 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael	Parish traces its history to formation of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in 1817; became a parish in 1884[58]
St. Rita		100 Marinda Drive, Fairfax	[59]
St. Sebastian		373 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae	[60]

San Mateo County

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
All Souls		315 Walnut Avenue, South San Francisco
Church of the Good Shepherd		901 Oceana Boulevard, Pacifica
Church of the Nativity		210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park
Holy Angels		107 San Pedro Road, Colma
Immaculate Heart of Mary		1040 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont
Mater Dolorosa		307 Willow Avenue, South San Francisco
Our Lady of Angels		1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame
Our Lady of Mercy		1 Elmwood Drive, Daly City
Our Lady of Mount Carmel		300 Fulton Street, Redwood City
Our Lady of Perpetual Help		60 Wellington Avenue, Daly City
Our Lady of the Pillar		400 Church Street, Half Moon Bay
Our Lady of the Wayside		930 Portola Road, Portola Valley	Mission Revival church built 1912
St. Andrew		1571 Southgate Avenue, Daly City
St. Anselm		3700 Callan Blvd., South San Francisco
St. Anthony		3500 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park
St. Bartholomew		300 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Mateo
St. Bruno		555 W. San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno
St. Catherine of Siena		1310 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame
St. Charles		880 Tamarack Avenue, San Carlos
St. Denis		2250 Avy Avenue, Menlo Park
St. Dunstan		1133 Broadway, Millbrae
St. Francis of Assisi		1425 Bay Road, East Palo Alto
St. Gregory		2715 Hacienda Street, San Mateo
St. Luke		1111 Beach Park, Foster City
St. Mark		325 Marine View Avenue, Belmont
St. Matthew		1 Notre Dame Avenue, San Mateo
St. Matthias		1685 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City
St. Peter		700 Oddstad Boulevard, Pacifica
St. Pius		1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City
St. Raymond		1100 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park
St. Robert		1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno
St. Timothy		1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo
St. Veronica		434 Alida Way, South San Francisco

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