Diocese of the Catholic Church in central California
Diocese of Fresno
Dioecesis Fresnensis
St. John's Cathedral
Coat of arms
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.
^"Diocese of Fresno". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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