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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It is comprised of Santa Clara County and is governed from the City of San Jose. Also known as the See of San Jose, it is led by a bishop which pastors the motherchurch, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph.
Originally a part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the See of San Jose achieved independence by Pope John Paul II on January 27, 1981. Today, it remains a ceremonial suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa and Stockton.
Bishops of San Jose in California
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