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The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) was first established in the United States by Edward Fenwick in the early 19th century. The first Dominican institution in the United States was the Province of Saint Joseph, which was established in 1805. [1] Additionally, there have been numerous institutes of Dominican Sisters and Nuns.
Dominican University of California in San Rafael, California (since 1890) Corpus Christi Monastery in New York City (since 1891) Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois (since 1901) Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. (since 1905) Saint Agnes Academy in Houston (since 1906) Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle (since 1908)
Parish founded 1909; current church opened 1967 [3] St. Christopher 1576 Curtner Ave, San Jose [4] St. Julie Billiart 6410 Cottle Rd, San Jose [5] St. Mary 11 First St, Gilroy [6] St. Mary of the Assumption Croatian Mission 901 Lincoln Ave, San Jose Santa Teresa 794 Calero Ave, San Jose [7]
For list of Roman Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, see: Our Lady of the Angels, for central and West Los Angeles; San Fernando, covering the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys. San Gabriel, for East Los Angeles the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley. San Pedro, for Long Beach and southern Los Angeles County.
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 Marysville. [6]
The new diocese covered the California Territory east to the Colorado River. [5] St. Francis of Assisi Parish was founded in San Francisco in 1849 and St. Patrick in the same city in 1851. [6] [7] In 1850, the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, the western province for the Dominican Order in the United States, was established in San ...
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Diocese of Santa Rosa in Northern California.The diocese is divided geographically into five deaneries as follows: Humboldt/Del Norte (Del Norte and Humboldt Counties); Mendocino/Lake (Lake and Mendocino Counties); Napa (Napa County); Sonoma North (northern Sonoma County); and Sonoma South (southern Sonoma County).
The Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches in North America and Central America comprise 14 episcopal conferences, which together include 100 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is headed by a metropolitan archbishop.