Diocese of Santa Rosa, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Rosa / Sanctæ Rosæ in California (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Francisco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Rose of Lima (August 23)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 18

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1962.01.13: Established as Diocese of Santa Rosa / Sanctæ Rosæ in California (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and Diocese of Sacramento and became suffragan of San Francisco)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery, 985 Airway Court, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, USA

Phone: +1 (707) 545-7610

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Rosa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (73)
(2011.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA)

Unless a grain of wheat

Born:	1951.05.07 (Lincoln, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.26

Priest of Lincoln (USA) (1976.05.22 – 1999.11.19)

Bishop of Baker (USA) (1999.11.19 – 2011.01.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2011.01.24 – 2011.06.30)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2011.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh (87)
(2000.04.11 – 2011.06.30)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa (USA)

As one who serves

Born:	1937.10.02 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.24

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1963.03.30 – 1981.07.30)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1981.07.30 – 1987.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1981.07.30 – 1987.06.09)

Bishop of Reno–Las Vegas (USA) (1987.06.09 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop of Las Vegas (USA) (1995.03.21 – 2000.04.11)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2000.04.11 – 2011.06.30)

Bishop George Patrick Ziemann
(1992.07.14 – 1999.07.22)

Born:	1941.09.13 (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1967.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.02.23
Died:	2009.10.22 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1986.12.23 – 1992.07.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1986.12.23 – 1992.07.14)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (1992.07.14 – 1999.07.22)

Bishop John Thomas Steinbock
(1987.01.27 – 1991.10.15)

All for the love of God

Born:	1937.07.16 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.07.14
Died:	2010.12.05 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Midila (1984.05.29 – 1987.01.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA) (1984.05.29 – 1987.01.27)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (1987.01.27 – 1991.10.15)

Bishop of Fresno (USA) (1991.10.15 – 2010.12.05)

Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley
(1969.11.19 – 1986.04.15)

Born:	1919.12.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1944.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.01.04
Died:	2001.02.05 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Thunusuda (1967.11.21 – 1969.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1967.11.21 – 1969.11.19)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (1969.11.19 – 1986.04.15)

Bishop Leo Thomas Maher
(1962.01.27 – 1969.08.22)

Born:	1915.07.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.04.05
Died:	1991.02.23 († 75)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (1962.01.27 – 1969.08.22)

Bishop of San Diego (USA) (1969.08.22 – 1990.07.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (73) (2011.01.24 – 2011.06.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Eugene Cathedral, Santa Rosa, California
Former Church (now secular): Mission San Francisco de Solano, Sonoma, California
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (67)

Portland in Oregon (↑), Sacramento (→), San Francisco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 30,320 km²

Population: 191,049 Catholics (20.0% of 955,245 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 77 priests (62 diocesan, 15 religious), 47 deacons, 88 religious (42 brothers, 46 sisters), 6 seminarians