Diocese of Fresno Dioecesis Fresnensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, and Tulare |
Ecclesiastical province | Los Angeles |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 2,906,023 1,200,000 (41.3%) |
Parishes | 89 |
Congregations | 41 |
Schools | 38 (Pre-School, Elementary, Middle, and High School) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | October 6, 1967[1] |
Cathedral | Saint John the Baptist Cathedral |
Patron saint | St. Therese of Lisieux (Primary), St. Columba (Secondary)[2] |
Secular priests | 179 (Diocesan and Religious) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joseph Vincent Brennan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez |
Vicar General | Very Rev. Salvador Gonzalez, V.G. |
Bishops emeritus | Armando Xavier Ochoa |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseoffresno.org |
The Diocese of Fresno (Latin: Dioecesis Fresnensis is a diocese of the Latin Church in the Central Valley of California in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Fresno is Joseph Brennan. Since 1922, the diocesan see has been in the City of Fresno with the cathedra at St. John's Cathedral.