Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California
Diocese of Monterey in California Dioecesis Montereyensis in California | |
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Our Lady of Bethlehem Saint Charles Borromeo | |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Daniel E. Garcia |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Gómez Archbishop of Los Angeles |
Bishops emeritus | Sylvester Donovan Ryan |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofmonterey.org |
The Diocese of Monterey in California (
The mother church of the Diocese of Monterey in California is the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey. The diocese serves close to 200,000 Catholics in 46 parishes and 18 schools.
Name changes
Since 1849, four different dioceses in California have included the Monterey name:[citation needed]
- Diocese of Monterey (1849 to 1859, now defunct) – covered all of central and southern California
- Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles (1859 to 1922, now defunct) – covered all of central and southern California
- Diocese of Monterey-Fresno (1922 to 1967, now defunct) – covered the central coast and the central valley of California
- Diocese of Monterey in California (1967 to present, current diocese ) – covers the central coast of California[2]
History
1770 to 1840
The history of the Catholic Church in Monterey began with the establishment of
- Serra established the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Mission in San Luis Obispo in 1772.[3]
- Reverend Fermín Francisco de Lasuén founded the Mission Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz and the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad in Soledad in 1791.[4]
After the end of the Mexican War of Independence, the new Mexican Government in 1835 secularized all of the still existing Catholic missions in Alta California.
1840 to 1848
In 1840, Pope
- Alta California (Upper California), including the modern American states of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, along with western Colorado and southwestern Wyoming
- Baja California and Baja California Sur
Gregory XVI set the episcopal see at present-day
1848 to 1967
After ceding Alta California to the United States at the close of the
In 1859, Pius IX changed the name of the diocese to the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles due to the growth of the
In 1936, Pope Pius XI elevated the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles[10] and designated the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno as one of its suffragan sees.
1967 to present
In 1967, Pope Paul VI divided the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno into the Diocese of Fresno[11] and the Diocese of Monterey in California.[12] The pope named Auxiliary Bishop Harry Anselm Clinch of Monterey-Fresno in 1967 as the first bishop of Monterey in California.[13] During his 14-year tenure, Clinch implemented the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ordained 22 priests, and established five new parishes.[14] Clinch resigned in 1982.
The second bishop of Monterey in California was Auxiliary Bishop
After Shubsda died in 1991, John Paul II named Auxiliary Bishop Sylvester Donovan Ryan of Los Angeles as the next bishop of Monterey that same year.[18] Ryan retired in 2006. He was succeeded by Auxiliary Bishop Richard John Garcia of the Diocese of Sacramento, named by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.[19] Richard Garcia resigned due to Alzheimer's disease in 2018.
Pope Francis in 2018 appointed Auxiliary Bishop
Sex abuse
Reverend Gregory Kareta was charged in February 2003 with two counts of
The diocese was sued in March 2003 by a San Luis Obispo man who claimed to have been sexually assaulted in the early 1970s by Reverend Orlando Battagliola. The plaintiff said that Battagliola abused him during car rides when he was a ninth grader.
In April 2009, Reverend Antonio Cortes of St. Mary of the Nativity Catholic Church in Salinas was arrested on charges of unlawful sexual behavior with a minor and providing alcohol to a minor.[24] His accuser was Chris Lavorato, who said he was 16 years old when Cortes assaulted him. Cortes was convicted in March 2012 of felony charges of sodomy involving a minor and possession of child pornography and sentenced to one year in prison. After his release from prison, Cortes fled to Mexico. Lavorato sued the diocese in 2018, which settled the lawsuit that same year.[25]
The diocese paid a $1.2 million settlement in June 2009 to a man from Yuma, Arizona, who had been sexually assaulted by two priests in Salinas when he was a child.[26]
- The first priest was Reverend Juan Guillen, who the victim said raped him multiple times when he was an altar boy between age eight and 15. The crimes happened both in Arizona and in Salinas. Guilen was sentenced to ten years in prison in Arizona in 2003.[27]
- The second priest was Reverend John Velez, a visiting priest from Mexico, who assaulted the victim in the rectory bedroom in Salinas multiple times in 1991. According to the diocese, officials expelled Velez from the diocese in 1991 and representatives of his order escorted him back to Mexico.[28]
The Diocese of Monterey published a list in January 2019 of 30 clerics with credible accusations of sexual abuse.[29]
Bishops
Bishops of Monterey in California
- Harry Anselm Clinch (1967–1982)
- Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda (1982–1991)
- Sylvester Donovan Ryan (1992–2006)
- apostolic administrator2018–2019)
- Daniel E. Garcia (2019–present)
Other diocesan priests who became bishops
Churches
The Diocese of Monterey is home to the Cathedral of San Carlos in Monterey, the oldest stone building and the first cathedral in California. The other former Spanish missions in the diocese include:
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo – Carmel Valley
- Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad – Soledad
- Mission San Antonio de Padua – Jolon
- Mission San Juan Bautista – San Juan Bautista
- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa – San Luis Obispo
- Mission San Miguel Arcangel– San Miguel
- Mission Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz[30]
High schools
- Mission College Preparatory High School – San Luis Obispo
- Notre Dame High School – Salinas
- Palma High School, Salinas
- Santa Catalina School – Monterey
- Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School – Watsonville
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
Sources
- History article from the Diocese's website
- Catholic Schools of the Monterey Diocese Archived 2014-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Catholic-Hierarchy.Org datasheet
References
- ^ Diocese of Monterey in California
- ^ a b "Monterey in California (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Welcome to Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa". Mission San Luis Obispo de Toulosa. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Mission Santa Cruz – Holy Cross Catholic Church of Santa Cruz". Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ The papal bull Apostolicam sollicitudinem, in Raffaele de Martinis, Iuris pontificii de propaganda fide. Pars prima, Tomus V, Romae 1890, pp. 233–235
- ^ "San Francisco (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Monterey in California (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ Greg Erlandson, Editor-in-Chief, Catholic Almanac, 2015 Ed., Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., Huntington, IN, 2015, p. 378.
- ^ Ibid., p. 377
- ^ Ibid., p. 378.
- ^ Ibid., p. 377.
- ^ Ibid., p. 379.
- ^ "Bishop Harry Anselm Clinch". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ "Bishop Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ "Bishop Thaddeus Shubsda". Orlando Sentinel. 1991-04-28.
- ^ "Bishop Sylvester Donovan Ryan [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ "Bishop Richard John Garcia [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Priest Who Served in Pismo Charged with Sex Abuse Former Altar Boy Alleges He Was Victim of Molestation, by Patrick S. Pemberton, San Luis Obispo Tribune, February 7, 2003". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Case against Ex-Pismo Priest Likely to End Effect of US Supreme Court Decision Is Felt Locally, by Lisa P. White, San Luis Obispo Tribune, July 2, 2003". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Diocese Named in Abuse Suit, by Alex Friedrich, Monterey County Herald, March 15, 2003". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Litigant Wants Info on Priest Suspect in Child Molestation Was Slain in 1977, by Patrick S. Pemberton, San Luis Obispo Tribune, March 29, 2003". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Salinas priest jailed on sex abuse claim". www.vcstar.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Fugitive priest misses another court date, losing lawsuit". Monterey Herald. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ STAR, Stephanie Innes ARIZONA DAILY (2009-06-03). "2nd diocese adds $1.2M to settlement for molesting". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Former priest sought as Yuma County's most wanted | Sylvia's Site". Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Man Sues Dioceses over Alleged Abuse in Salinas, Arizona The Rev. John Velez and the Rev. Juan Guillen Both Allegedly Celebrated Mass As Visiting Priests at Christ the King Church". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Diocese of Monterey names 30 clergymen 'credibly accused' of sexual misconduct". KSBW. 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "Parish map". Diocese of Monterey. Retrieved April 19, 2020.