ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO

The 'Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco' is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo.^[1] The Archdiocese of San Francisco was canonically erected on July 29, 1853 and its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.^[2]
The archdiocese is currently led by Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer, who was formerly the bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City and installed on February 15, 2006. The current auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese is Ignatius C. Wang, the first Asian-American and Chinese-American appointed to the office of bishop.^[3]
The See of San Francisco is administered by the Archbishop of San Francisco, which as metropolitan oversees the entire Province of San Francisco. Its suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton.

Contents

Archbishops of San Francisco

Locations of Cathedrals of St. Mary (Assumption)

Parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

Secondary Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

See also

References

Resources

Archbishops of San Francisco

★ Most Rev. Joseph Sadoc Alemany, O.P., first Archbishop of San Francisco (1853-1884)

★ Most Rev. Patrick William Riordan, second Archbishop of San Francisco (1884-1914)

★ Most Rev. Edward Joseph Hanna, third Archbishop of San Francisco (1915-1935)

★ Most Rev. John Joseph Mitty, fourth Archbishop of San Francisco (1935-1961)

★ Most Rev. Joseph Thomas McGucken, fifth Archbishop of San Francisco (1962-1977)

★ Most Rev. John Raphael Quinn, sixth Archbishop of San Francisco (1977-1995)

★ His Eminence Cardinal William Joseph Levada, seventh Archbishop of San Francisco (1995-2005, appointed as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2005 and elevated to cardinal in 2006)

★ Most Rev. George Hugh Niederauer, eighth Archbishop of San Francisco (2006-Present)

Locations of Cathedrals of St. Mary (Assumption)

★ California Street and Grant Avenue; since 1891 Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown(1854-1891)

★ 1001 Van Ness Avenue at O'Farrell Street; destroyed by fire 1962 - Site is studios of KRON-TV (1891-1962)

★ 1111 Gough at Geary Boulevard on Cathedral Hill; modern structure conforms to Vatican II style (1971-)

Parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

Each county of the Archdiocese of San Francisco is divided into several deaneries, or parish groups.

★ San Francisco County Parishes,

★ San Mateo County Parishes,

★ Marin County Parishes

Secondary Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

★ Archbishop Riordan High School (San Francisco)

★ Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (San Francisco)

★ Immaculate Conception Academy (San Francisco)

★ Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo)

★ Marin Catholic High School (Kentfield in unincorporated Marin County)

★ Mercy High School (Burlingame)

★ Mercy High School (San Francisco) (San Francisco)

★ Notre Dame High School (Belmont)

★ Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco)

★ Sacred Heart Preparatory (Atherton)

★ St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco)

★ San Domenico School (San Rafael)

★ Stuart Hall High School (San Francisco)

★ Woodside Priory School, Portola Valley

See also

★ Saint Veronica Catholic School

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy profile of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
2. Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
3. National Catholic Reporter article

Resources

★ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

★ Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption