Our Lady of the Angels Parishes
76 Parishes
2 Eastern Rite Catholic Churches

Our Lady of the Angels Schools
48 Elementary Schools
10 High Schools

Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region
Area
Downtown central Los Angeles, west to Malibu, south to LAX
2 Hospitals
2 Seminaries

Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region

There are 76 parishes in this region and eight cities besides Los Angeles. They include Beverly Hills, Culver City, Inglewood, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Venice and West Hollywood. It covers Deaneries 13-16 and has 4 Parochial Missions.
“La Placita,” Our Lady Queen of Angels, was the first church founded in Los Angeles in 1784. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was dedicated in 2002 and has become the cultural center of the city.
Ethnic Masses in various parishes are celebrated by African Americans, and in Arabic, Chinese, Tagalog, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese.
Three parishes have parochial missions – El Santo Niño, St. Turibius and San Conrado. There are 10 high schools, 2 houses of religious formation for priests, 1 retreat center and 1 cemetery.
Eastern Catholic churches in the region include Ukrainian, Byzantine, Maronite, and also present are Ethnic Parishes – Croatian, Chinese, Lithuanian, Japanese and Italian. The region is home to over 1 million Catholics. The current regional auxiliary is Bishop Edward Wm. Clark.
Most Reverend Edward Wm. Clark, D.D., S.T.D., V.G.
Auxiliary Bishop
Born November 30, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bishop Clark attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo. Bishop Clark was ordained a priest on May 27, 1972 for the Los Angeles Archdiocese. He was elevated to Monsignor on June 14, 1997; appointed Titular Bishop of Gardar and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles on January 16, 2001. On March 26, 2001 he was ordained Bishop and appointed Episcopal Vicar Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region.
Assistant to the Regional Bishop:
Deacon Scott Palmer
Regional Deans (Vicars Forane)
Deanery 13: Msgr. Liam T. Kidney, V.F.
Deanery 14: Msgr. Terrance L. Fleming, V.F.
Deanery 15: Fr. David F. Gallardo, V.F.
Deanery 16: Fr. Marcos J. Gonzalez, V.F.
Parishes in this Region
Deanery 13 | Deanery 14 | Deanery 15 | Deanery 16 |
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Corpus Christi, Pacific Palisades
Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills Our Lady of Malibu, Malibu Our Lady of Mount Lebanon – St. Peter Cathedral (Maronite), Los Angeles St. Ambrose, West Hollywood St. Anastasia, Los Angeles St. Anne, Santa Monica St. Augustine, Culver City St. Clement, Santa Monica St. Gerard Majella, Los Angeles St. Jerome, Los Angeles St. Joan of Arc, Los Angeles St. Mark, Venice St. Martin of Tours, Los Angeles St. Monica, Santa Monica St. Paul the Apostle, Los Angeles St. Sebastian, Los Angeles St. Timothy, Los Angeles St. Victor, West Hollywood
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Blessed Sacrament, Los Angeles
Cathedral Chapel of St. Vibiana, Los Angeles Christ the King, Los Angeles Holy Spirit, Los Angeles Immaculate Heart of Mary, Los Angeles Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary (Byzantine), Los Angeles Our Lady of Loretto, Los Angeles Our Mother of Good Counsel, Los Angeles Precious Blood, Los Angeles St. Basil, Los Angeles St. Brendan, Los Angeles St. Bridget (Cantonese), Los Angeles St. Casimir (Lithuanian), Los Angeles St. Columban (Filipino), Los Angeles St. Francis of Assisi, Los Angeles St. Gregory Nazianzen, Los Angeles St. Kevin, Los Angeles St. Mary Magdalen, Los Angeles St. Peter (Italian), Los Angeles St. Teresa of Avila, Los Angeles
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles
Holy Cross, Los Angeles Holy Name of Jesus, Los Angeles Immaculate Conception, Los Angeles Our Lady of the Bright Mount (Polish), Los Angeles Our Lady Queen of Angels “La Placita”, Los Angeles Our Savior Parish + USC Caruso Catholic Center, Los Angeles St. Agatha, Los Angeles St. Agnes, Los Angeles St. Anthony (Croatian), Los Angeles St. Bernadette, Los Angeles St. Cecilia, Los Angeles St. Francis Xavier Chapel, Los Angeles St. Joseph, Los Angeles St. Patrick, Los Angeles St. Paul, Los Angeles St. Stephen of Hungary, Los Angeles St. Thomas the Apostle, Los Angeles St. Vincent de Paul, Los Angeles Transfiguration, Los Angeles Visitation, Los Angeles
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Ascension, Los Angeles
Mother of Sorrows, Los Angeles Nativity, Los Angeles Presentation of Mary, Los Angeles St. Anselm, Los Angeles St. Brigid, Los Angeles St. Columbkille, Los Angeles St. Eugene, Los Angeles St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, Los Angeles St. John Chrysostom, Inglewood St. John the Evangelist, Los Angeles St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Los Angeles St. Malachy, Los Angeles St. Michael, Los Angeles St. Odilia, Los Angeles St. Raphael, Los Angeles
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Cemeteries:
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Office of Our Lady of the Angels Region:
5835 W. Slauson Ave.
Culver City, CA 90230-6505
Office Phone Number: (310) 215-0703
Fax Phone Number: (310) 215-0749