San Pedro

San Pedro Parishes

67 parishes

1 Eastern Rite Catholic Churches

San Pedro Schools

53 Elementary Schools

8 High Schools

San Pedro Pastoral Region

Area

Long Beach and Southern Los Angeles County

4 Hospitals

3 Seminaries

San Pedro Pastoral Region

There are 67 parishes in the region, located among 35 cities. It covers Deaneries 17-20 and has 8 High schools, 4 hospitals, and 1 Parochial Mission. The San Pedro Region is the only one that also includes an island parish – St. Catherine of Alexandria, established in 1902 on Santa Catalina Island. The oldest parish in the region is Sts. Peter and Paul in Wilmington, established in 1865. Ethnic Masses are celebrated in Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian and Italian. Eastern Catholic churches include Russian-Greek, Melkite Greek, Armenian and Antiochene Syriac.

Eight high schools are in the region, plus one retreat center and one cemetery. San Pedro area is the site of the first Spanish land grant in California, granted in 1784 by King Carlos II to Juan Jose Dominguez.

Eastern Catholic churches in the region include Ukranian, Byzantine, Maronite and also some ethnic parishes – Croatian, Chinese, Lithuanian, Japanese and Italian.

The Most Reverend Marc V. Trudeau is the regional auxiliary bishop of the San Pedro Pastoral Region. The succession for the region includes Msgr. Bernard Leheny (Episcopal Vicar, 2017-2018), Bishop Oscar Solis (2009-2017), Bishop Alexander Salazar (2004-2009), Msgr. Bernard Leheny (Episcopal Vicar, 2002-2004), Bishop Joseph Sartoris (1994-2002), Msgr. Joseph Sartoris (Episcopal Vicar, 1993-1994), and Bishop Carl Fisher, S.S.J. (1986-1993).

Most Reverend Marc Vincent Trudeau D.D., V.G.

Auxiliary Bishop

Born May 20, 1957 in Hollywood, California. Bishop Trudeau attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo and was ordained a priest June 8, 1991 at St. Vibiana Cathedral. He was elevated to Monsignor on February 26, 2007. He was then appointed Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles on April 5, 2018. On June 7, 2018 he was ordained Bishop at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. That same day he was appointed Episcopal Vicar of the San Pedro Pastoral Region.

Assistant to the Regional Bishop:

Deacon Francisco Gonzalez

Regional Deans (Vicars Forane)

Deanery 17: Fr. Nabor Rios, V.F.

Deanery 18: Fr. Raymond Decipeda, M.M.H.C., V.F.

Deanery 19: Fr. Claude Williams, O. Praem, V.F.

Deanery 20: Fr. George Aguilera, V.F.

Parishes in this Region

Deanery 17	Deanery 18	Deanery 19	Deanery 20
Holy Angels Church of the Deaf, Vernon Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Downey Our Lady of the Rosary, Paramount Our Lady of Victory, Compton Sagrado Corazon, Compton Sagrado Corazon y Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Cudahy St. Albert the Great, Rancho Dominguez St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Los Angeles St. Bernard, Bellflower St. Dominic Savio, Bellflower St. Emydius, Lynwood St. Gertrude the Great, Bell Gardens St. Helen, South Gate St. Martha, Huntington Park St. Matthias, Huntington Park St. Philip Neri, Lynwood St. Raymond, Downey St. Rose of Lima, Maywood San Miguel, Los Angeles	Beatitudes of Our Lord, La Mirada Holy Family, Artesia Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Los Nietos St. Bruno, Whittier St. Francis Xavier, Pico Rivera St. Gregory the Great, Whittier St. Hilary, Pico Rivera St. John of God, Norwalk St. Linus, Norwalk St. Mariana de Paredes, Pico Rivera St. Mary of the Assumption, Whittier St. Paul of the Cross, La Mirada St. Peter Chanel, Hawaiian Gardens St. Pius X, Santa Fe Springs	American Martyrs, Manhattan Beach Holy Family, Wilmington Holy Trinity, San Pedro Maria Regina, Gardena Mary Star of the Sea, San Pedro Nativity, Torrance Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hermosa Beach St. Andrew (Russian-Greek), El Segundo St. Anthony, El Segundo St. Anthony of Padua, Gardena St. Catherine Laboure, Torrance St. Catherine of Alexandria, Avalon St. James, Redondo Beach St. John Fisher, Rancho Palos Verdes St. Joseph, Hawthorne St. Lawrence Martyr, Redondo Beach St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Lomita St. Paul (Melkite-Greek), El Segundo St. Peter, San Pedro St. Philomena, Carson Sts. Peter and Paul, Wilmington	Holy Innocents, Long Beach Our Lady of Refuge, Long Beach St. Anthony, Long Beach St. Athanasius, Long Beach St. Barnabas, Long Beach St. Bartholomew, Long Beach St. Cornelius, Long Beach St. Cyprian, Long Beach St. Joseph, Long Beach St. Lucy, Long Beach St. Maria Goretti, Long Beach St. Matthew, Long Beach St. Pancratius, Lakewood

Deanery 17

Deanery 18

Deanery 19

Deanery 20

Holy Angels Church of the Deaf, Vernon

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Downey

Our Lady of the Rosary, Paramount

Our Lady of Victory, Compton

Sagrado Corazon, Compton

Sagrado Corazon y Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Cudahy

St. Albert the Great, Rancho Dominguez

St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Los Angeles