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The Santa Barbara Pastoral Region is a pastoral region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the archdiocese comprises the California counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the...

in the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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. It covers Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Barbara County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, on the Pacific coast. As of 2010 the county had a population of 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara and the largest city is Santa Maria.-History:...

and Ventura

Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...

counties in the state of California

California

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, USA

United States

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. The current regional auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

is Bishop Thomas J. Curry. The region has 37 parishes, 6 high schools, 18 elementary schools, 4 hospitals, and 4 Spanish Missions

Spanish missions in California

The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans. The missions represented the first major effort by Europeans to...

Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria)

Immaculate Conception, 4793 Cebrian. New Cuyama
New Cuyama, California
New Cuyama is a census-designated place in the Cuyama Valley, in Santa Barbara County, California, in the United States. It was named after the Chumash Indian word for "clams", most likely due to the millions of petrified prehistoric clamshell fossils that are found in the surrounding areas...

, CA 93254
La Purisima Concepcion
Mission La Purísima Concepción
Mission La Purisima Concepción, or La Purisima Mission, with the original Spanish name being La Misión de La Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, was founded on the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin on December 8, 1787...

, 213 West Olive Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436
Old Mission Santa Ines
Mission Santa Inés
Mission Santa Inés was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís, who had succeeded Father Fermín Lasuén as President of the California mission chain...

, 1760 Mission Drive, Solvang, CA 93463
Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1164 Obispo Street, Guadalupe, CA 93434
Queen of Angels, 3495 Rucker Road, Lompoc, CA 93436
St. John Neumann, 966 West Orchard Street, Santa Maria, CA 93458
St. Louis de Montfort, 5075 Harp Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455
St. Mary of the Assumption, 414 East Church Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454

Deanery II (Santa Barbara)

Holy Cross, 1740 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Guadalupe, 801 Jennings Avenue, Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1300 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Sorrows, 21 East Sola Street, Santa Barbara
San Roque, 325 Argonne Circle , Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Mission
Mission Santa Barbara
In 1840, Alta California and Baja California were removed from the Diocese of Sonora to form the Diocese of Both Californias. Bishop Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno, OFM, established his cathedra at Mission Santa Barbara, making the chapel the pro-cathedral of the diocese until 1849...

, Santa Barbara
St. Joseph, 5048 El Carro Lane, Carpinteria
St. Mark (UCSB), 6550 Picasso Road, Goleta
St. Raphael, 5444 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara

Deanery III (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore, Santa Paula)

Mary Star of the Sea, 463 West Pleasant Valley Road, Oxnard
Our Lady of Guadalupe, 500 North Juanita Avenue, Oxnard
Our Lady of Guadalupe, 427 North Oak Street, Santa Paula
Our Lady of the Assumption, 3175 Telegraph Road, Ventura
Sacred Heart, 10800 Henderson Road, Ventura
San Buenaventura Mission
Mission San Buenaventura
Mission San Buenaventura was founded on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782 in Las Californias, part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. Named for a Franciscan theologian, Saint Bonaventure, it was the last of the missions founded by Father Serra...

, Ventura
Santa Clara, 323 South E Street, Oxnard (old chapel at 1333 E Ventura Blvd)
St. Anthony, 2511 S C St, Oxnard
St. Francis of Assisi, 1048 W. Ventura St., Fillmore
St. Sebastian, 235 North Ninth Street, Santa Paula
St. Thomas Aquinas, 185 St. Thomas Dr., Ojai

Deanery IV (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Camarillo)

Bl. Junipero Serra, 5205 Upland Rd., Camarillo
Holy Cross, 13955 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark
St. Jude, 32032 West Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village
St. Julie Billiart, 2475 Borchard Rd., Newbury Park
St. Mary Magdalen, 2532 Ventura Boulevard, Camarillo
St. Maximilian Kolbe, 5801 Kanan Road, Westlake Village
St. Paschal Baylon, 155 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks
St. Peter Claver, 5649 E. Pittman St., Simi Valley
St. Rose of Lima, 1305 Royal Ave, Simi Valley

Spanish Missions

Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Mission La Purísima Concepción
Mission La Purisima Concepción, or La Purisima Mission, with the original Spanish name being La Misión de La Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, was founded on the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin on December 8, 1787...
Mission Santa Ines
Mission Santa Inés
Mission Santa Inés was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís, who had succeeded Father Fermín Lasuén as President of the California mission chain...
Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Barbara
In 1840, Alta California and Baja California were removed from the Diocese of Sonora to form the Diocese of Both Californias. Bishop Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno, OFM, established his cathedra at Mission Santa Barbara, making the chapel the pro-cathedral of the diocese until 1849...
Mission San Buenaventura
Mission San Buenaventura
Mission San Buenaventura was founded on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782 in Las Californias, part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. Named for a Franciscan theologian, Saint Bonaventure, it was the last of the missions founded by Father Serra...

Universities or Colleges

St. John's Seminary
St. John's Seminary (California)
St. John's Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary located in Camarillo, California. It is within the Santa Barbara Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The seminarians prepare for assignments in dioceses as well as religious orders. St. John's offers the Master of Divinity degree as a...

, Camarillo
Camarillo, California
Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at the 2000 census. The Ventura Freeway Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at...
Thomas Aquinas College
Thomas Aquinas College
Thomas Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college offering a single integrated academic program. It is located in Santa Paula, California north of Los Angeles. It offers a unique education with courses based on the Great Books and seminar method...

, Santa Paula
Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula is a city within Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 29,321 at the 2010 census, up from 28,598 at the 2000 census...

High schools

Bishop Garcia Diego High School
Bishop Garcia Diego High School
Bishop Garcia Diego High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Santa Barbara, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.-Background:...

, Santa Barbara
La Reina High School
La Reina High School
La Reina High School is a Catholic college preparatory junior and senior high school for girls. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, La Reina is owned and administered by the Sisters of Notre Dame.-History:...

, Thousand Oaks
St. Bonaventure High School
St. Bonaventure High School
St. Bonaventure High School is a private, Catholic, co-educational secondary school in Ventura, California. It is owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school is named in honor of Bonaventure, the Patron of the Mission San Buenaventura and the City of Ventura.-Athletics:St....

, Ventura
St. Joseph High School
St. Joseph High School (Santa Maria, California)
St. Joseph High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Orcutt, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.-Notable alumni:*Mark Brunell, NFL quarterback*Mark Velasquez, "Work of Art" Season One, 2010...

, Santa Maria
Santa Clara High School
Santa Clara High School (Oxnard)
Santa Clara High School, or SCHS as it is commonly referred to, is a private, Catholic four-year high school serving grades 9-12 in Oxnard, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Opening in September 1901. The school is the oldest high school in Ventura...

, Oxnard
Villanova Preparatory School
Villanova Preparatory School
Villanova Preparatory School is an Augustinian Catholic co-ed day/ boarding school located in the small town of Ojai, California, USA. Sitting on more than 120 acres, Villanova's campus has sports fields and trails, modern gym, tennis courts and well equipped classrooms with up-to-date technology,...

, Ojai

Elementary schools

Holy Cross School, Ventura
La Purisima Concepcion School, Lompoc
Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara
Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura
Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Oxnard
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Santa Barbara
Sacred Heart School, Ventura
St. Anthony School, Oxnard
St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village
St. Mary of the Assumption School, Santa Maria
St. Loius de Montfort School, Santa Maria
St. Mary Magdalen School, Camarillo
St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks
St. Raphael School, Santa Barbara
St. Rose of Lima School, Simi Valley
St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula
Santa Clara School, Oxnard

Hospitals

St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo
Camarillo, California
Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at the 2000 census. The Ventura Freeway Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at...
St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard
Oxnard, California
Oxnard is the 113th largest city in the United States, 19th largest city in California and largest city in Ventura County, California, by way of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is an important agricultural center, with its distinction as the...

Cemeteries

Assumption Cemetery, Simi Valley
Simi Valley, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Simi Valley had a population of 124,237. The population density was 2,940.8 people per square mile...
Santa Clara Cemetery, Oxnard
Oxnard, California
Oxnard is the 113th largest city in the United States, 19th largest city in California and largest city in Ventura County, California, by way of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is an important agricultural center, with its distinction as the...
St. Mary's Cemetery, Ventura
Ventura, California
Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...