Diocese of

San Bernardino

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 72,243 km²

Population: 1,777,734 Catholics (39.0% of 4,560,470 total) (2020)

Statistics: 92 parishes, 12 missions, 267 priests (146 diocesan, 121 religious), 144 deacons, 213 lay religious (124 brothers, 89 sisters), 25 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Los Angeles

Neighbouring Dioceses: Orange (↙), Los Angeles (←), Fresno (↖), Las Vegas (↗), Phoenix (→), Tucson (↘), San Diego (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Patron Saint: Saint Bernardine of Siena (May 20), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 7

Address: 1201 E Highland Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92404, USA

Phone: +1 (909) 475-5300

Websites:

History

1978.07.14: Established as Diocese of San Bernardino / Bernardinopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Diego)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, San Bernardino, California
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (104)

Orange (↙), Los Angeles (←), Fresno (↖), Las Vegas (↗), Phoenix (→), Tucson (↘), San Diego (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.12.28 – ...):

Bishop Alberto Rojas (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Bernardino (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alberto Rojas (57)
(2020.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)

El amor de Dios es todo / God’s love is all we need

Born:	1965.01.05 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.08.10

Titular Bishop of Marazanæ (2011.06.13 – 2019.12.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (2011.06.13 – 2019.12.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (2019.12.02 – 2020.12.28)

Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (2020.12.28 – ...)

Bishop Gerald Richard Barnes (77)
(1995.12.28 – 2020.12.28)

Bishop emeritus of San Bernardino (USA)

Amar es entregarse

Born:	1945.06.22 (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.18

Titular Bishop of Montefiascone (1992.01.28 – 1995.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (1992.01.28 – 1995.12.28)

Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (1995.12.28 – 2020.12.28)

Bishop Philip Francis Straling (89)
(1978.07.14 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop emeritus of Reno (USA)

Gaudium in Christo

Born:	1933.04.25 (San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.11.06

Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (1978.07.14 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (1995.03.21 – 2005.06.21)

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Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alberto Rojas (57) (2019.12.02 – 2020.12.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rutilio Juan Del Riego Jáñez (81) (2005.07.26 – 2015.12.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dennis Patrick O’Neil (2001.01.16 – 2003.10.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gerald Richard Barnes (77) (1992.01.28 – 1995.12.28)

as of 2022.06.30

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