Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

Archdiocese of San Francisco Archidioecesis Sancti Francisci Arquidiócesis de San Francisco
The coat of arms of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
Location
Country	United States of America
Territory	Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Francisco
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,850,035 444,008 (24%)
Information
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 29, 1853
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
Co-cathedral	Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Francis of Assisi
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Salvatore Cordileone
Auxiliary Bishops	William J. Justice Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
Emeritus Bishops	George Hugh Niederauer Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco John Raphael Quinn Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco William Levada Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Ignatius C. Wang Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco
Map
Website
sfarchdiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco (Latin: Archdioecesis Sancti Francisci; Spanish: Archidiócesis de San Francisco) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the 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. The Archdiocese of San Francisco was canonically erected on July 29, 1853, by Pope Pius IX and its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.

The first church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is older than the Archdiocese itself; Mission San Francisco de Asís was founded on June 29, 1776 by Franciscan Friars. The mission church that stands today was completed in 1791 and attached next door is Mission Dolores Basilica. The Franciscans who founded the mission also are credited with naming the City and County of San Francisco, and the entire region, after their patron, Saint Francis of Assisi.

From his installation on February 15, 2006 until the acceptance of his resignation on July 27, 2012, the archdiocese was led by Archbishop (now Emeritus) George Hugh Niederauer, formerly the bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. The current auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese is William J. Justice;Robert W. McElroy was auxiliary bishop from 2010 to 2015 before leaving to become Bishop of San Diego. On July 27, 2012, the Holy See announced that it had accepted the retirement of Niederauer and appointed Salvatore J. Cordileone as new archbishop of San Francisco, installed on October 4, 2012, the patronal Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption. He had previously been Bishop of Oakland, California.