Santa Barbara
Pastoral Region
Santa Barbara Parishes
37 Parishes
1 Eastern Rite Catholic Churches
Santa Barbara Schools
17 Elementary Schools
7 High Schools
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
Area
Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties
4 Seminaries
3 Cemeteries
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
It covers Deaneries 1-4 and there are 37 parishes in the region in 19 cities that are located in the two counties of Ventura and Santa Barbara – the largest in area of the five regions.
Four of the original California Missions are in the region – La Purisima Concepcion (1787), Santa Ines (1804), Santa Barbara (the Queen of the Missions) (1786), and San Buenaventura (1782).
The most remote inland parish is in New Cuyama -Immaculate Conception- and the most remote from Los Angeles is in Guadalupe on the Central Coast -Our Lady of Guadalupe. Three chapels are on military bases -Port Hueneme, Point Mugu and Vandenberg.
St. John’s Seminary for the archdiocese is in the region, opened in 1939 and is located in Camarillo.
The region is home to over 1 million Catholics. The current regional auxiliary bishop is Bishop Robert E. Barron.
Most Reverend Robert Emmet Barron, D.D., S.T.D.,V.G.
Auxiliary Bishop
Born November 19, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Bishop Trudeau was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 24, 1986. He as appointed Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles on July 21, 2015. He was ordained Bishop on September 8, 2015 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and was appointed Episcopal Vicar of the Santa Barbara Pastoral Region.
Assistant to the Regional Bishop:
Deacon Chris Sandner
Regional Deans (Vicars Forane)
Deanery 1: Fr. J. Lawrence Santos, V.F.
Deanery 2: Fr. John Love, V.F.
Deanery 3: Fr. Leon Hutton, V.F.
Deanery 4: Fr. Riz Carranza, V.F.
Parishes in this Region
| Deanery 1 | Deanery 2 | Deanery 3 | Deanery 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immaculate Conception, New Cuyama
Mission La Purisima Concepción, Lompoc Old Mission Santa Inés, Solvang Our Lady of Guadalupe, Guadalupe Queen of Angels, Lompoc St. John Neumann, Santa Maria St. Louis de Montfort, Santa Maria St. Mary of the Assumption, Santa Maria
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Holy Cross, Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Our Lady of Guadalupe, Santa Barbara Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santa Barbara Our Lady of Sorrows, Santa Barbara St. Joseph, Carpinteria St. Mark University Parish, Goleta St. Raphael, Santa Barbara San Roque, Santa Barbara
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Mary Star of the Sea, Oxnard
Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura Our Lady of Guadalupe, Oxnard Our Lady of Guadalupe, Santa Paula Our Lady of the Assumption, Ventura Sacred Heart, Ventura St. Anthony, Oxnard St. Francis of Assisi, Fillmore St. Sebastian, Santa Paula St. Thomas Aquinas, Ojai Santa Clara, Oxnard
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Holy Cross, Moorpark
St. Jude the Apostle, Westlake Village St. Julie Billiart, Newbury Park St. Junipero Serra, Camarillo St. Mary Magdalen, Camarillo St. Maximilian Kolbe, Westlake Village St. Paschal Baylon, Thousand Oaks St. Peter Claver, Simi Valley St. Rose of Lima, Simi Valley
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Cemeteries:
- Assumption Cemetery, Simi Valley
- Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara Cemetery & Mausoleum, Oxnard
Office of Santa Barbara Region:
3240 Calle Pinon
Santa Barbara, CA 93105-2760
Office Phone Number: (805) 682-0442