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In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa of the Diocese of El Paso as the next bishop of the Diocese of Fresno. [10] [11] Ochoa retired in 2019. The current bishop of the Diocese of Fresno is Joseph Vincent Brennan, formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He was appointed by Pope Francis in 2019. [12]
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno. The diocese consists of nine deaneries: Bakersfield Metropolitan; Fresno Metropolitan; Fresno Rural; High Desert; Kern Rural; Kings; Madera; Merced/Mariposa; and Tulare. [1] The mother church of the diocese is St. John's Cathedral in Fresno ...
Suffragan Bishops (all Roman Rite). Upon erection of the diocese, it was administered by the Bishop of Los Angeles-San Diego. In 1924, Irish-born Most Rev. John Bernard MacGinley was transferred from the Philippines (Bishop of Nueva Caceres 1910.04.02 – 1924.03.24) to become the first bishop of Monterey-Fresno Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA) (1924.03.24 – 1932.09.26), followed by a long ...
An arrest has been made in connection with the Feb. 18 murder of a Los Angeles-area bishop shot dead in his Catholic archdiocese-owned home.
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Saint John the Baptist Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, located at 2814 Mariposa Street in Fresno, California. The parish was established in 1882. [ 1 ] In 1878, Catholic settlers in the area recognized the need for a church and began to raise funds.
The diocese is made up of 87 parishes and 20 Catholic schools, which are within the counties of Fresno, Kern, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare and Kings. The parish church, said Brennan was ...