Diocese of Fresno
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Diocese of Fresno Dioecesis Fresnensis |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, and Tulare |
| Ecclesiastical province | Los Angeles |
| Metropolitan | Fresno, California |
| Population - Catholics |
1,074,000 (39%) |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | October 6, 1967 |
| Cathedral | Saint John the Baptist Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Therese of Lisieux |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Armando Xavier Ochoa |
| Metropolitan Archbishop |
José Gómez Archbishop of Los Angeles |
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| Website | |
| dioceseoffresno.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno is a particular church of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region (XI) of the United States, in the State of California. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Geographically, the diocese consists of 35,239 square miles (91,270 km2) of the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California, a portion of the Sierra Nevada and some eastern valleys. The diocese consists of all of the Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare. The total population of the diocesan region is about 2.4 million inhabitants, of whom 1,074,944 are registered Catholic as of 2012. For administrative purposes the diocese is sub-divided into five deaneries: Fresno City, Fresno (rural), Tulare/Kings, Kern/Inyo, and Merced/Mariposa.
The see was created in 1967 by splitting the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno into two sees. Historically the area of the current diocese belonged to the Dioceses of Guadalajara, Durango, Sonora, Californias, Monterey, Monterey-Los Angeles, and lastly Monterey-Fresno. Timothy Manning (first Bishop of Fresno) and Roger Mahony (Auxiliary Bishop) have both served in the diocese.
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