Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento | |
| Dioecesis Sacramentensis | |
Territory of the Diocese of Sacramento |
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| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sacramento, California |
| Territory | Region XI, United States |
| Population | 520,000 |
| Rite | Latin |
| Patron | Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Patrick |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Francisco |
| Established | 1868 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament |
| Website | http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/ |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Metropolitan | George Hugh Niederauer |
| Diocesan Bishop | William Weigand |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese 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 his headquartered in the City of Sacramento. Also known as the See of Sacramento, it is led by a bishop which pastors the motherchurch, 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), Pope Leo XIII established the present-day diocese on May 28, 1886.
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 William Kenneth Weigand, and his coadjutor is Jaime Soto.
[edit] Ordinaries
- Patrick Manogue (1886 – 1895)
- Thomas Grace (1896 – 1921)
- Patrick Joseph James Keane (1922 – 1928)
- Robert John Armstrong (1929 – 1957)
- Joseph Thomas McGucken (1957 – 1962)
- Alden John Bell (1962 – 1979)
- Francis Anthony Quinn (1979 – 1993)
- William Kenneth Weigand (1993 – present)
[edit] High schools
- Bishop Quinn High School, Palo Cedro
- Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento
- Cristo Rey High School, Sacramento
- Jesuit High School, Carmichael
- Loretto High School, Sacramento
- Mercy High School, Red Bluff
- St. Francis High School, Sacramento
- St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School, Vallejo
- St. Stephen Academy, Sacramento
