Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is an ecclesiastical territory or particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises the counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Yolo, Placer, Solano, Sacramento, El Dorado, and Amador, and is headquartered in Sacramento, California. Also known as the See of Sacramento, it is led by a bishop who pastors the mother church of the diocese, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Originally a major part of the defunct Grass Valley Diocese (which included several counties in northern California and Nevada), the present-day diocese was established by Pope Leo XIII on May 28, 1886.
Diocese of Sacramento Diœcesis Sacramentensis Diócesis de Sacramento | |
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Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament | |
Coat of arms | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Yolo, Placer, Solano, Sacramento, El Dorado, and Amador counties in Northern California |
Ecclesiastical province | San Francisco |
Statistics | |
Area | 110,325 km2 (42,597 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2014) 3,550,864 987,727 (27.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1886 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Patrick |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jaime Soto |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Salvatore J. Cordileone |
Bishops emeritus | William Weigand |
Map | |
Website | |
diocese-sacramento.org |
Today, the See of Sacramento remains a ceremonial suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton.
The current bishop of Sacramento is Jaime Soto, who was named coadjutor in October 2007 and succeeded Bishop William Weigand on Sunday November 30, 2008.[1]
From May to December 2019, the Diocese of San Jose provided numerous documents to California State Attorney Xavier Becerra in preparation for a series of pending lawsuits which are expected to be filed after a new California law which will temporarily remove the statute of limitations goes into effect on January 1, 2020.[2][3] The Diocese of San Jose is one of six Catholic dioceses throughout the state of California which is expected to be subpoenaed in the upcoming lawsuits.[2][3]
Bishops
The lists of bishops and their terms of service:
Bishops of Sacramento
- Patrick Manogue (1886–1895)
- Thomas Grace (1896–1921)
- Patrick Joseph James Keane (1922–1928)
- Robert John Armstrong (1929–1957)
- Joseph Thomas McGucken (1957–1962), appointed Archbishop of San Francisco
- Alden John Bell (1962–1980)
- Francis Anthony Quinn (1979–1993)
- William Keith Weigand (1993–2008)
- Jaime Soto (2008–present)
Coadjutor bishops
- Joseph Thomas McGucken (1955-1957)
- Jaime Soto (2007-2008)
Auxiliary bishops
- Patrick Joseph James Keane (1920–1922), appointed Bishop of Sacramento
- John Stephen Cummins (1974–1977), appointed Bishop of Oakland
- Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R. (1981–1991)
- Richard John Garcia (1997–2006), appointed Bishop of Monterey in California
- Myron Joseph Cotta (2014–2018), appointed Bishop of Stockton
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Richard Brendan Higgins, appointed auxiliary bishop of the US military in 2004
Churches
The Diocese of Sacramento has more than 150 parish and mission churches spread over 20 counties. A list of these churches is found at List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.
Education
As of 2020 the diocese had about 13,000 pupils in its schools.[4]
High schools
- Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento
- Cristo Rey High School, Sacramento
- Jesuit High School, Carmichael
- Mercy High School, Red Bluff
- St. Francis High School, Sacramento
- St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School, Vallejo
Closed high schools
- Bishop Manogue High School, Sacramento (Closed after 1992–1993 school year). Merged with Christian Brothers High School to create a coed campus.
- Bishop Quinn High School, Palo Cedro (closed after 2007–2008 school year) [5]
- Loretto High School, Sacramento (closed after 2008–2009 school year)
- St. Stephen Academy, Sacramento (closed after 2008–2009 school year)
Media
The Diocese of Sacramento owns Radio Santísimo Sacramento, which operates KCVV in Sacramento and KPYV in Oroville.
Reports of sex abuse
In April 2019, the Diocese of Sacramento provided the names of 46 priests and deacons who were credibly accused of sexually abusing 130 minors adults, ages 25 or younger, from 1950 to 2019.[7] From May to December 2019, the Diocese of Sacramento provided numerous documents to California State Attorney Xavier Becerra in preparation for a series of pending lawsuits which are expected to be filed after a new California law which will temporarily remove the statute of limitations goes into effect on January 1, 2020.[2][3] The Diocese of San Jose is one of six Catholic dioceses throughout the state of California which is expected to be subpoenaed in the upcoming lawsuits.[2][3]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento. |
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
- Sacramento Chinese Catholic Community
References
- "Transfer of crozier from Bishop Weigand to Bishop Soto, Nov. 30, 2008".
- https://ktla.com/2019/12/10/half-of-californias-catholic-dioceses-to-be-subpoenaed-in-priest-abuse-inquiry/
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/california-catholic-dioceses-subpoenas-sexual-abuse-investigation
- {{cite web|last=Chabria|first=Anita|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-10/california-school-open-coronavirus%7Ctitle=This California school is open, ‘learning as we go.’ Is it a model or a mistake?|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]|date=2020-08-10]}}
- http://www.redding.com/news/2008/Mar/31/bishop-quinn-high-school-close/
- Boll, John E. (ed.), "Father George Lawrence Schuster, SDS" (PDF), Sacramento Diocesan Archives, 5 (14), archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2020
- https://www.kcra.com/article/catholic-diocese-of-sacramento-releases-list-of-clergy-credibly-accused-of-sexual-abuse/27313716
- "Archiocese of San Francisco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- "Diocese of Grass Valley". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- "Diocese of Sacramento". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2010-04-30.