Diocese of San Jose, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Jose / San Jose in California / Sancti Iosephi in California (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Francisco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19), Saint Clare of Assisi (August 11)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 4 (1990)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1981.01.27: Established as Diocese of San Jose / San Jose in California / Sancti Iosephi in California (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and became suffragan of San Francisco)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 1150 North First St., Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95112-4966, USA

Phone: +1 (408) 983-0100

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.01 – ...):

Bishop Oscar Cantú (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Jose (Roman Rite)

Bishop Oscar Cantú (58)
(2019.05.01 – ...)

Bishop of San Jose (USA)

Zelus Domus tuæ comedit me

Born:	1966.12.05 (Houston, TX, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.06.02

Priest of Galveston–Houston (USA) (1994.05.21 – 2008.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Dardanus (2008.04.10 – 2013.01.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (2008.04.10 – 2013.01.10)

Bishop of Las Cruces (USA) (2013.01.10 – 2018.07.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose (USA) (2018.07.11 – 2019.05.01)

Bishop of San Jose (USA) (2019.05.01 – ...)

Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath
(1999.11.27 – 2019.05.01)

Together in Christ

Born:	1945.06.11 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.01.25
Died:	2023.05.07 (CA, USA † 77)

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1970.06.07 – 1988.12.06)

Titular Bishop of Allegheny (1988.12.06 – 1998.06.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1988.12.06 – 1998.06.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose (USA) (1998.06.30 – 1999.11.27)

Bishop of San Jose (USA) (1999.11.27 – 2019.05.01)

Bishop Roland Pierre DuMaine
(1981.01.27 – 1999.11.27)

Gaudium et spes

Born:	1931.08.02 (Paducah, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.06.29
Died:	2019.06.13 (Sunnyvale, CA, USA † 87)

Titular Bishop of Sarda (1978.04.24 – 1981.01.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1978.04.24 – 1981.01.27)

Bishop of San Jose (USA) (1981.01.27 – 1999.11.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Oscar Cantú (58) (2018.07.11 – 2019.05.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath (1998.06.30 – 1999.11.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Anthony Daly (64) (2011.03.16 – 2015.03.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose, California
Former Cathedral: Church of Our Lady of La Vang, San Jose, California
Church: Mission Santa Clara de Asís, Santa Clara, California
Shrine: Shrine of Our Lady of Peace, Santa Clara, California
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (62)

San Francisco (↖), Oakland (↑), Stockton (↗), Fresno (↘), Monterey (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,367 km²

Population: 689,000 Catholics (36.5% of 1,885,508 total)

Pastoral Centres: 49 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 329 priests (146 diocesan, 183 religious), 29 deacons, 571 religious (342 brothers, 229 sisters), 6 seminarians