- Source: Santa Barbara Pastoral Region
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The Santa Barbara Pastoral Region is a division of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the Roman Catholic Church. It covers Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in California, an area with a population in excess of 1.2 million.
As of 2024, the pastoral region has 37 parishes, seven high schools, 18 elementary schools and four Spanish missions. It was created in 1986 as part of a plan by Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony to make church leaders more accessible by dividing the archdiocese into five pastoral regions. The pastoral region includes chapels at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu Naval Air Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base. The region is divided into four deaneries.
The Santa Barbara Pastoral region has been governed by four auxiliary bishops since its foundation:
Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Ziemann (1986 to 1992)
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry, (1994 to 2013). He resigned in 2013 amid allegations that he concealed sexual crimes committed by other priests.
Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron (2015 to 2022)
Auxiliary Slawomir Szkredka (September 2023 to present)
Parishes
= Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria and Guadalupe)
== Deanery II (Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria)
== Deanery III (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore and Santa Paula)
== Deanery IV (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo)
=Spanish missions
Mission La Purisima Concepcion, 2295 Purisima Rd., Lompoc
Mission Santa Ines, 1760 Mission Dr., Solvang
Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara
Mission San Buenaventura, 211 E. Main St., Ventura
Universities, colleges and novitiates
St. John's Seminary, Camarillo
Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula
San Lorenzo OFM, Capuchin Novitiate, Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara Mission OFM Interprovincial Novitiate, Santa Barbara
Dom Grea House, Canons of the Immaculate Conception (CRIC) Novitiate, Santa Paula
High schools
Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Santa Barbara
La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks
St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura
St. Joseph High School, Santa Maria
Santa Clara High School, Oxnard
Villanova Preparatory School, Ojai
Elementary schools
Holy Cross STEM School, Ventura
La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School, Lompoc
Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara
Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School, Oxnard
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Montecito
Sacred Heart School, Ventura
St. Anthony School, Oxnard
St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village
St. Mary of the Assumption School, Santa Maria
St. Louis de Montfort School, Santa Maria
St. Mary Magdalen School, Camarillo
St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks
St. Raphael School, Goleta
St. Rose of Lima School, Simi Valley
St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula
Santa Clara Elementary School, Oxnard
Hospitals
The archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The three Catholic hospital in the region are operated by Dignity Health, an independent non-profit organization:
Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Maria
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo
St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard
Cemeteries
Assumption Cemetery & Mausoleum, Simi Valley
Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum, Santa Barbara
Santa Clara Cemetery & Mortuary, Oxnard
See also
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region
San Fernando Pastoral Region
San Gabriel Pastoral Region
San Pedro Pastoral Region
List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
References
External links
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Pastoral Regions - LA Catholics