| Archdiocese of San Francisco Archidioecesis Sancti Francisci |
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The coat of arms of the Archdiocese of San Francisco |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Francisco |
| Metropolitan | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total |
1,700,000 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 29, 1853 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption Mission San Francisco de Asís (Basilica) |
| Patron saint | St. Francis of Assisi |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Archbishop | George Hugh Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco |
| Auxiliary Bishop | William J. Justice Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco Robert W. McElroy Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco |
| Emeritus Bishops | John Raphael Quinn Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco William Levada Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Ignatius C. Wang Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco |
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| Website | |
| sfarchdiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo.[1] The Archdiocese of San Francisco was canonically erected on July 29, 1853, by Pope Pius IX and its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.
The first church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is older than the Archdiocese itself; Mission San Francisco de Asís was founded on June 29, 1776 by Franciscan Friars. The mission church that stands today was completed in 1791 and attached next door is Mission Dolores Basilica. The Franciscans who founded the mission also are credited with naming the City and County of San Francisco, and the entire region, after their patron, Saint Francis of Assisi.[2][3]
The archdiocese is currently[update] led by Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer, formerly the bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, who was installed on February 15, 2006. The current auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese are William J. Justice[4] and Robert W. McElroy[5].
The See of San Francisco is administered by the Archbishop of San Francisco, who as metropolitan oversees the entire ecclesiastical province of San Francisco. Its suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton.
San Francisco once included among its suffragans the former dioceses of Grass Valley, Los Angeles-San Diego, Monterey, Monterey-Fresno, and Monterey-Los Angeles.
Its headquarters are located at One Peter Yorke Way, a short street in San Francisco named after Father Peter Yorke, an Irish-American Catholic priest.
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Each county of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is divided into several deaneries, or parish groups.
All full time faculty, librarians, and counselors at Archbishop Riordan, Junipero Serra, Marin Catholic, and Sacred Heart Cathedral high schools are represented by The San Francisco Archdiocesan Federation of Teachers, Local 2240, a labor union affiliate of the California Federation of Teachers (AFT, AFL-CIO), and have a collective bargaining agreement with the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The CBA governs the terms of their employment.
The Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco covers Northern California north of the Monterey Bay, as well as all of Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. The Archbishop of San Francisco, who is ex officio metropolitan bishop of the Province of San Francisco, has limited oversight responsibilities for the dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton.
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