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Note that the see styles itself a diocese rather than an archdiocese even though it is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical Province of Westminster. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster .
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
Image Location Established Sources; Christ the King 1800 Bedford Way, Bakersfield: 1952 [2] [3] Holy Spirit Mission 724 E. Belle Terrace, Bakersfield [4] Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Co-Patroness of the Unborn 601 E. California Ave, Bakersfield 1925 [5] [6] Our Lady of Perpetual Help 124 Columbus St, Bakersfield 1948 [7] [8] Our Lady of the ...
Formerly the parish of St. Callistus, founded 1961. Redesignated Christ Cathedral Parish in 2014 after the diocese's acquisition of the former Crystal Cathedral, built in 1981; former St. Callistus campus sold to Shepherd's Grove: Korean Martyrs Catholic Center 7655 Trask Ave, Westminster Established September 22, 1977 by Korean immigrants. [3]
Father Serra first established the original mission in Monterey at this location on June 3, 1770, near the native village of Tamo. However, Father Serra became engaged in a heated power struggle with Military Governor Pedro Fages, who was headquartered at the Presidio of Monterey and served as governor of Alta California between 1770 and 1774. [4]
The diocese encompasses 102 churches in a 42,000 square mile region. [7] The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is one of the largest cathedrals west of the Mississippi River. [3] Because of its size, it has sometimes been used as the site of final funeral Masses for former governors of California, most recently that of Pat Brown in 1996.
The mother church of the Diocese is the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento. The Diocese also includes several parishes dating from the time of the California Gold Rush in the 1850s: St. Canice in Nevada City; [2] Immaculate Conception in Downieville; [3] St. Patrick in Weaverville; [4] St. Dominic in Benicia; [5] and St. Joseph in ...
Image Location Description/sources; Our Lady of Lourdes 9970 California City Blvd, California City [87] St. Joseph Mission Church, 12456 Boron Ave, Boron: Supervised by Our Lady of Lourdes Parish [87] Our Lady of Perpetual Help 849 Home St, Bishop: Founded in 1947, church dedicated in 1970 Santa Rosa 311 E, Locust St, Lone Pine: Founded in 1919 ...