Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno Map

Diocese of Fresno Dioecesis Fresnensis
St. John's Cathedral
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, and Tulare
Ecclesiastical province	Los Angeles
Metropolitan	José Gómez
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2016) 2,906,023 1,200,000 (41.3%)
Parishes	89
Congregations	41
Schools	38 (Pre-School, Elementary, Middle, and High School)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	October 6, 1967[1]
Cathedral	Saint John the Baptist Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Therese of Lisieux
Secular priests	179 (Diocesan and Religious)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Vincent Brennan
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Gómez Archbishop of Los Angeles
Vicar General	Rev. Msgr. Raymond C. Dreiling, V.G.
Bishops emeritus	Armando Xavier Ochoa
Map
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.