Diocese of Sacramento, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sacramento / Sacramenten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Francisco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick (March 17), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 27 (1889)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1886.05.28: Established as Diocese of Sacramento / Sacramenten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco, from the suppressed Diocese of Grass Valley and became suffragan of San Francisco)
1931.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Reno
1962.01.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Rosa and Diocese of Stockton
1966.09.15: Lost territory to Diocese of Stockton

Contact Info

Address: 2110 BRd.way, Sacramento, CA 95818-2541, USA

Phone: +1 (916) 733-0200

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.11.29 – ...):	Bishop Jaime Soto (69)
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.04.20 – ...):	Bishop Reynaldo B. Bersabal (63) Titular Bishop of Balecium

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sacramento (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Soto (69)
(2008.11.29 – ...)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA)

Gozo y esperanza

Born:	1955.12.31 (Inglewood, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1982.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.05.31

Priest of Orange (USA) (1982.06.12 – 2000.03.23)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1989.03.03 – 2000.03.23)

Titular Bishop of Segia (2000.03.23 – 2007.10.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA) (2000.03.23 – 2007.10.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (2007.10.11 – 2008.11.29)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (2008.11.29 – ...)

Bishop William Keith Weigand (88)
(1993.11.30 – 2008.11.29)

Bishop emeritus of Sacramento (USA)

Feed my lambs

Born:	1937.05.23 (Bend, OR, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.11.17

Priest of Boise City (USA) (1963.05.25 – 1980.09.09)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1980.09.09 – 1993.11.30)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1993.11.30 – 2008.11.29)

Bishop Francis Anthony Quinn
(1979.12.18 – 1993.11.30)

Born:	1921.09.11 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.06.29
Died:	2019.03.21 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 97)

Titular Bishop of Numana (1978.04.24 – 1979.12.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1978.04.24 – 1979.12.18)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1979.12.18 – 1993.11.30)

Bishop Alden John Bell
(1962.03.30 – 1979.07.11)

Born:	1904.07.11 (Peterborough, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1932.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.06.04
Died:	1982.08.28 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 78)

Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis (1956.04.11 – 1962.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1956.04.11 – 1962.03.30)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1962.03.30 – 1979.07.11)

Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken (later Archbishop)
(1957.01.14 – 1962.02.19)

Born:	1902.03.13 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1928.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.19
Died:	1983.10.06 (San Francisco, CA, USA † 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1941.02.04 – 1955.10.26)

Titular Bishop of Sanavus (1941.02.04 – 1957.01.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1955.10.26 – 1957.01.14)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1957.01.14 – 1962.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA) (1962.02.19 – 1977.02.16)

Bishop Robert John Armstrong
(1929.01.04 – 1957.01.14)

Born:	1884.11.17 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1910.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.03.12
Died:	1957.01.14 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 72)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1929.01.04 – 1957.01.14)

Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane
(1922.03.17 – 1928.09.01)

Born:	1872.01.06 (Ballybunnion, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1895.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.12.04
Died:	1928.09.01 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 56)

Titular Bishop of Samaria (1920.09.10 – 1922.03.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1920.09.10 – 1922.03.17)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1922.03.17 – 1928.09.01)

Bishop Thomas Grace
(1896.02.27 – 1921.12.27)

Born:	1841.08.02 (Wexford, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1876.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.06.16
Died:	1921.12.27 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 80)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1896.02.27 – 1921.12.27)

Bishop Patrick Manogue
(1886.05.28 – 1895.02.27)

Born:	1831.03.15 (Desart, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1861.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.01.16
Died:	1895.02.27 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 63)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1880.07.27 – 1884.02.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Grass Valley (USA) (1880.07.27 – 1884.02.29)

Bishop of Grass Valley (USA) (1884.02.29 – 1886.05.28)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1886.05.28 – 1895.02.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jaime Soto (69) (2007.10.11 – 2008.11.29)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken (later Archbishop) (1955.10.26 – 1957.01.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Myron Joseph Cotta (72) (2014.01.24 – 2018.01.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard John Garcia (1997.11.25 – 2006.12.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R. (1981.08.24 – 1991.10.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Stephen Cummins (1974.02.26 – 1977.05.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane (1920.09.10 – 1922.03.17)