Santa Barbara Pastoral Region Explained
The Santa Barbara Pastoral Region is a division of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the Roman Catholic Church. It covers Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in California, an area with a population in excess of 1.2 million.[1] [2]
As of 2024, the pastoral region has 37 parishes, seven high schools, 18 elementary schools and four Spanish missions. It was created in 1986 as part of a plan by Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony to make church leaders more accessible by dividing the archdiocese into five pastoral regions.[3] The pastoral region includes chapels at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu Naval Air Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base. The region is divided into four deaneries.
The Santa Barbara Pastoral region has been governed by four auxiliary bishops since its foundation:
Parishes
Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria and Guadalupe)
Deanery II (Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria)
Deanery III (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore and Santa Paula)
Parish name | Image | Address | Community |
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Mary Star of the Sea[26] | | 463 W. Pleasant Valley Rd. | Oxnard |
Mission Basilica San Buenaventura[27] | | 211 E. Main St. | Ventura |
Our Lady of Guadalupe[28] | | 500 N. Juanita Ave. | Oxnard |
Our Lady of Guadalupe[29] | | 427 N. Oak St. | Santa Paula |
Our Lady of the Assumption[30] | | 3175 Telegraph Rd. | Ventura |
Sacred Heart[31] | | 10800 Henderson Rd. | Ventura |
Santa Clara[32] | | 323 S. E St. (old chapel at 1333 E. Ventura Blvd.) | Oxnard |
St. Anthony[33] | | 2511 S. C St. | Oxnard |
St Francis of Assisi[34] | | 1048 W. Ventura St. | Fillmore |
St. Sebastian[35] | | 235 N. Ninth St. | Santa Paula |
St. Thomas Aquinas[36] | | 185 St. Thomas Dr. | Ojai | |
Deanery IV (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo)
Spanish missions
Universities, colleges and novitiates
High schools
Elementary schools
- Holy Cross STEM School, Ventura[47]
- La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School, Lompoc[48]
- Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara[49]
- Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura[50]
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School, Oxnard[51]
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Montecito[52]
- Sacred Heart School, Ventura[53]
- St. Anthony School, Oxnard[54]
- St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village[55]
- St. Mary of the Assumption School, Santa Maria[56]
- St. Louis de Montfort School, Santa Maria[57]
- St. Mary Magdalen School, Camarillo[58]
- St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks[59]
- St. Raphael School, Goleta[60]
- St. Rose of Lima School, Simi Valley[61]
- St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula[62]
- Santa Clara Elementary School, Oxnard[63]
Hospitals
The archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The three Catholic hospital in the region are operated by Dignity Health, an independent non-profit organization:
- Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Maria
- St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo
- St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard
Cemeteries
- Assumption Cemetery & Mausoleum, Simi Valley
- Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum, Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara Cemetery & Mortuary, Oxnard
See also
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
External links
Notes and References
- News: Los Angeles' pastoral regions: Localizing the 'downtown' church. Angelus News. Mike Nelson. September 11, 2015.
- Web site: Santa Barbara LA Catholics . 2024-05-24 . lacatholics.org . en-US.
- News: L.A. Archdiocese to be divided into pastoral regions. News-Pilot. February 22, 1986. B4. Newspapers.com.
- News: Latino, Black Are Among 3 New L.A. Auxiliary Bishops. Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1986. II-3. Newspapers.com.
- News: The Troubled Seat of the Santa Barbara Pastoral Region's Auxiliary Bishop. Noozhawk. Tim Durnin. January 23, 2013.
- News: Cardinal Mahony ordains 3 bishops. The Signal. March 20, 1994. 7. Newspapers.com.
- News: A sudden fall for a former Mahony vicar. Los Angeles Times. February 3, 2013. A1, A16. Newspapers.com.
- News: New Posts for Catholic Clerics. Los Angeles Times. September 9, 2015. 4. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: 2023-08-10 . Pastoral region assignments announced LA Catholics . 2024-05-24 . lacatholics.org . en-US.
- Web site: La Purisima Concepcion Catholic Church . 2024-05-27 . La Purisima Concepcion Catholic Church . en.
- Web site: Old Mission Santa Inés Founded 1804 - Solvang, California . 2024-05-27 . Old Mission Santa Inés Founded 1804 - Solvang, California . en.
- Web site: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church .
- Web site: Queen of Angels Church .
- Web site: St. John Neumann Church .
- Web site: 2016-03-14 . St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Parish - Santa Maria, CA . 2024-05-27 . sldm.org . en-US.
- Web site: St. Mary of the Assumption Church .
- Web site: Holy Cross Church .
- Web site: Old Mission Santa Barbara . 2024-05-27 . Old Mission Santa Barbara . en-US.
- Web site: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church .
- Web site: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church . 2024-05-27 . www.mtcarmelsb.com.
- Web site: Our Lady of Sorrows Church .
- Web site: HOME . 2024-05-27 . www.sanroqueparish.org . en.
- Web site: Saint Joseph Church . 2024-05-27 . Saint Joseph Church . en.
- Web site: St. Mark's University Parish .
- Web site: St. Raphael Church .
- Web site: 2024-03-28 . MARY, STAR OF THE SEA – CATHOLIC CHURCH OXNARD, CA . 2024-05-27 . en-US.
- Web site: Home - San Buenaventura Mission . 2024-05-27 . www.sanbuenaventuramission.org.
- Web site: Home . 2024-05-27 . OLG Parish Oxnard . en.
- Web site: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church . 2024-05-27 . www.guadalupechurchsp.com.
- Web site: Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church . 2024-05-27 . Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church . en.
- Web site: Sacred Heart Church .
- Web site: Santa Clara Parish .
- Web site: St. Anthony Church .
- Web site: St. Francis of Asissi Church .
- Web site: St. Sebastian Church .
- Web site: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church - Ojai, CA Served by the Augustinians since 1926 . 2024-05-27 . St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church - Ojai, CA . en.
- Web site: Home_page . 2024-05-27 . holycross-moorpark.org.
- Web site: St. Jude the Apostle .
- Web site: St. Julie Billiart Church .
- Web site: Home . 2024-05-27 . Padre Serra Parish . en.
- Web site: Home . 2024-05-27 . SMM Church Camarillo . en.
- Web site: St. Maximilian Kolbe Church .
- Web site: St. Paschal Baylon Church .
- Web site: Home . 2024-05-27 . www.saintpeterclaver.org . en.
- Web site: St. Rose of Lima Church .
- Web site: Where We Serve – Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception. 2020-09-23. en-US.
- Web site: HOLY CROSS STEM SCHOOL . 2024-05-24 . HOLY CROSS STEM SCHOOL . en.
- Web site: La Purisima School .
- Web site: The Notre Dame School .
- Web site: Our Lady of the Assumption School Home . 2024-05-24 . www.olaventura.org . en.
- Web site: Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School . 2024-05-24 . Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School . en.
- Web site: Home . 2024-05-24 . www.mountcarmelschool.net . en-gb.
- Web site: Sacred Heart School . 2024-05-24 . en-US.
- Web site: St. Anthony's School Oxnard - Home . 2024-05-24 . www.sasoxnard.org.
- Web site: St. Jude The Apostle School . 2024-05-24 . en-US.
- Web site: St. Mary of the Assumption School . 2024-05-24 . St. Mary of the Assumption School . en.
- Web site: St. Louis de Montfort School .
- Web site: St. Mary Magdalen . 2024-05-24 . www.smms.pvt.k12.ca.us.
- Web site: Saint Paschal Baylon School . 2024-05-24 . www.stpaschalbaylonschool.org.
- Web site: St. Raphael School .
- Web site: St. Rose of Lima School . 2024-05-24 . SRLS . en.
- Web site: 2015-11-17 . St. Sebastian School Private Catholic School in Santa Paula, CA . 2024-05-24 . spsaints.net . en-US.
- Web site: Santa Clara Elementary School .