Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima. It comprises the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma. Also known as the See of Santa Rosa in California, it is led by a bishop, currently Daniel F. Walsh, who pastors the motherchurch in the City of Santa Rosa, the Cathedral of St. Eugene.
The diocese was established on February 21, 1962 from portions of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Sacramento.
Today, the See of Santa Rosa in California remains a ceremonial suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose and Stockton.
[edit] Bishops of Santa Rosa in California
- Leo Thomas Maher (1962 - 1969)
- Mark Joseph Hurley (1969 - 1986)
- John Thomas Steinbock (1987 - 1991)
- George Patrick Ziemann (1992 - 1999)
- Daniel Francis Walsh (2000 - present)
[edit] High schools
- Cardinal Newman High School, Santa Rosa
- Justin-Siena High School, Napa
- St. Bernard's High School, Eureka
- St. Vincent de Paul High School, Petaluma
- Ursuline High School, Santa Rosa
- Kolbe Academy*, Napa
- Trinity Grammar and Prep*, Napa
- * Independently operated in the Catholic tradition.
