Diocese of Sacramento, USA 🇺🇸 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1886.05.28: Established as Diocese of Sacramento / Sacramenten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco, from the suppressed Diocese of Grass Valley and became suffragan of San Francisco)
- 1931.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Reno
- 1962.01.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Rosa and Diocese of Stockton
- 1966.09.15: Lost territory to Diocese of Stockton
Contact Info
Address: 2110 BRd.way, Sacramento, CA 95818-2541, USA
Phone: +1 (916) 733-0200
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Sacramento (Roman Rite) |
|---|
 Bishop Jaime Soto (68) (2008.11.29 – ...)Bishop of Sacramento (USA)Gozo y esperanzaBorn:1955.12.31 (Inglewood, CA, USA)Ordained Priest:1982.06.12Consecrated Bishop:2000.05.31Priest of Orange (USA) (1982.06.12 – 2000.03.23)Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1989.03.03 – 2000.03.23)Titular Bishop of Segia (2000.03.23 – 2007.10.11)Auxiliary Bishop of Orange (USA) (2000.03.23 – 2007.10.11)Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (2007.10.11 – 2008.11.29)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (2008.11.29 – ...) |
 Bishop William Keith Weigand (87) (1993.11.30 – 2008.11.29)Bishop emeritus of Sacramento (USA)Feed my lambsBorn:1937.05.23 (Bend, OR, USA)Ordained Priest:1963.05.25Consecrated Bishop:1980.11.17Priest of Boise City (USA) (1963.05.25 – 1980.09.09)Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1980.09.09 – 1993.11.30)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1993.11.30 – 2008.11.29) |
| Bishop Francis Anthony Quinn (1979.12.18 – 1993.11.30)Born:1921.09.11 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)Ordained Priest:1946.06.15Consecrated Bishop:1978.06.29Died:2019.03.21 (Sacramento, CA, USA † 97)Titular Bishop of Numana (1978.04.24 – 1979.12.18)Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1978.04.24 – 1979.12.18)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1979.12.18 – 1993.11.30) |
| Bishop Alden John Bell (1962.03.30 – 1979.07.11)Born:1904.07.11 (Canada)Ordained Priest:1932.05.14Consecrated Bishop:1956.06.04Died:1982.08.28 († 78)Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis (1956.04.11 – 1962.03.30)Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1956.04.11 – 1962.03.30)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1962.03.30 – 1979.07.11) |
| Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken (later Archbishop) (1957.01.14 – 1962.02.19)Born:1902.03.13 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)Ordained Priest:1928.01.15Consecrated Bishop:1941.03.19Died:1983.10.06 († 81)Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (1941.02.04 – 1955.10.26)Titular Bishop of Sanavus (1941.02.04 – 1957.01.14)Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1955.10.26 – 1957.01.14)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1957.01.14 – 1962.02.19)Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA) (1962.02.19 – 1977.02.16) |
| Bishop Robert John Armstrong (1929.01.04 – 1957.01.14)Born:1884.11.17 (USA)Ordained Priest:1910.12.10Consecrated Bishop:1929.03.12Died:1957.01.14 († 72)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1929.01.04 – 1957.01.14) |
| Bishop Patrick Joseph James Keane (1922.03.17 – 1928.09.01)Born:1872.01.06 (Ireland)Ordained Priest:1895.06.20Consecrated Bishop:1920.12.14Died:1928.09.01 († 56)Titular Bishop of Samaria (1920.09.10 – 1922.03.17)Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1920.09.10 – 1922.03.17)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1922.03.17 – 1928.09.01) |
| Bishop Thomas Grace (1896.02.27 – 1921.12.27)Born:1841.08.02 (Ireland)Ordained Priest:1876.06.24Consecrated Bishop:1896.06.16Died:1921.12.27 († 80)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1896.02.27 – 1921.12.27) |
| Bishop Patrick Manogue (1886.05.28 – 1895.02.27)Born:1831.03.15 (Ireland)Ordained Priest:1861.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1881.01.16Died:1895.02.27 († 63)Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1880.07.27 – 1884.02.29)Coadjutor Bishop of Grass Valley (1880.07.27 – 1884.02.29)Bishop of Grass Valley (1884.02.29 – 1886.05.28)Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1886.05.28 – 1895.02.27) |
Former Prelates
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 110,326 km²
Population: 1,056,698 Catholics (27.9% of 3,786,209 total)
Pastoral Centres: 102 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 247 priests (185 diocesan, 62 religious), 195 deacons, 190 religious (81 brothers, 109 sisters), 10 seminarians