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Pope John Paul II in 1981 erected the Diocese of San José in California, taking Santa Clara County from the Diocese of San Francisco. [8] He named Auxiliary Bishop Pierre DuMaine of San Francisco as the first bishop of the new diocese. [9] Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral was designated as the diocesan cathedral.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, founded in 1777. This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California. The diocese comprises Santa Clara County, California and includes approximately 53 churches divided for administrative purposes into six deaneries. [1] [2]
The Diocese of Santa Clara is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba.The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Camagüey.Originally erected as part of the Diocese of Cienfuegos in 1903, the parent diocese was renamed to the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971.
Patrick Joseph McGrath (/ m ə ˈ ɡ r ɔː / meh-GRAW; [1] June 11, 1945 – May 7, 2023) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as bishop of the Diocese of San Jose in California from 1999 to 2019 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1989 to 1998.
On July 6, 2010, McElroy was appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and titular bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena by Pope Benedict XVI. On September 7, 2010, McElroy received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop George Niederauer, with Archbishop Emeritus Quinn and Bishop John Wester serving as co-consecrators. [12]
Daly was named auxiliary bishop of San Jose and titular bishop of Tabalta by Pope Benedict XVI on March 16, 2011. [7] [3] He was consecrated bishop on May 25, 2011, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph in San Jose by Bishop Patrick McGrath, with Archbishop George Niederauer and Bishop George Thomas acting as co-consecrators.
After his retirement, DuMaine remained active in national Bishops' Committees for Science and Human Values and for Women in Society and the Church. He participated in dialogues and conferences on science and religion, and taught in the Religious Studies departments of Stanford University and Santa Clara University .
Oscar Cantú (born December 5, 1966) is a Mexican-American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of San Jose since 2018. Cantú served as Bishop of Las Cruces from 2013 to 2018, and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio from 2008 to 2013. When Cantú became a bishop in 2008, he was the youngest in the United States.