Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Central Valley and Mother Lode region of California in the United States. It comprises the Counties of Alpine, Calaveras, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. Also known as the See of Stockton, it is led by a bishop which pastors the following churches, the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Church of the Presentation.
Originally a part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Sacramento, the present-day diocese was established in 1962. It has one of the largest Asian and Pacific Islander populations (with Asians being mostly Filipino Americans) of the American Catholic dioceses.
Today, the See of Stockton remains a 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, Santa Rosa.
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[edit] History
- Succession of bishops:
Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe, April 24, 1962
Bishop Merlin Guilfoyle, January 13, 1970
Bishop Roger Mahony, April 17, 1980 (currently Roger Cardinal Mahony, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, CA)
Bishop Donald Montrose, February 20, 1986 - May 7, 2008
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, March 16, 1999 - present
Diocese of Stockton History And Archives. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
[edit] Parishes
- Cathedral of the Annunciation (Stockton)
- Church of the Presentation (Stockton)
- All Saints (Twain Harte)
- All Saints Newman Community (CSUS and MJC, Turlock)
- Holy Cross (Linden)
- Holy Family Parish (Modesto)
- Our Lady of Fatima (Modesto)
- Our Lady Of Guadalupe (Lathrop)
- Our Lady of the Assumption of the Portuguese (Turlock)
- Sacred Heart (Patterson)
- Sacred Heart (Turlock)
- St. Andrew (San Andreas)
- St. Anne (Lodi)
- St. Anthony of Padua (Manteca)
- St. Anthony (Hughson)
- St. Bernadette (Stockton)
- St. Bernard (Tracy)
- St. Edward (Stockton)
- St. Frances of Rome (Riverbank)
- St. George (Stockton)
- St. Gertrude (Stockton)
- St. Joachim (Lockeford)
- St. Joachim (Newman)
- St. Joseph (Modesto)
- St. Joseph (Mammoth Lakes)
- St. Jude (Ceres)
- St. Linus (Stockton)
- St. Luke (Stockton)
- St. Mary of the Annunciation (Oakdale)
- St. Mary of the Assumption (Stockton)
- St. Michael (Stockton)
- St. Patrick (Angels Camp)
- St. Patrick (Ripon)
- St. Patrick (Sonora)
- St. Stanislaus (Modesto)
Diocese of Stockton Alphabetical Directory. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
[edit] High schools
- St. Mary's High School, Stockton
- Central Catholic High School, Modesto
Diocese of Stockton School Directory. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
[edit] Elementary/Junior High schools
- Annunciation School, Stockton
- Presentation Catholic School, Stockton
- Our Lady of Fatima School, Modesto
- Sacred Heart School, Patterson
- Sacred Heart School, Turlock
- St. Anne School, Lodi
- St. Anthony School, Manteca
- St. Bernard School, Tracy
- St. George School, Stockton
- St. Luke School, Stockton
- St. Stanislaus School, Modesto
Diocese of Stockton School Directory. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
[edit] Active Ministries, Movements, and Orders
- Communion and Liberation (meetings held at St. Luke's Catholic Church)
- Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, California (St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stockton)
- Legion of Mary (active at numerous parishes)
- Newman Center (University of the Pacific / San Joaquin Delta College, Stanislaus State University)
- Oblates of St. Francis de Sales (St. Mary's High School, Stockton)
- Religious of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
