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Diocese of Fresno

Diocese of Fresno
Dioecesis Fresnensis
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno.jpg
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%)
Information
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
Map
Diocese of Fresno map 1.png
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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