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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California
Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Basic information
Location	San Jose, California, United States
Territory	County of Santa Clara
Rite	Roman Rite
Patron	Saint Joseph, Saint Clare
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of San Francisco
Established	January 27, 1981
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Co-cathedral	Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral
Bishop	Bishop of San Jose in California
Website	Diocese of San Jose in California
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Metropolitan	George Hugh Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco
Diocesan Bishop	Patrick Joseph McGrath Bishop of San Jose in California

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises Santa Clara County, and is led by a bishop. Its patron saints are Saint Joseph and Saint Clare.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in Downtown San Jose is the cathedral church of the diocese. The diocesan offices are located in the neighboring City of Santa Clara. The diocese serves over 600,000 Catholics in 52 parishes and missions, three university campus ministries, and 38 schools.

The history of the Catholic Church in Santa Clara County dates to the founding of Mission Santa Clara de Asis in 1777. Originally a part of the Diocese of Sonora in Mexico, in 1840 San Jose and the rest of the Californias became part of the Diocese of Alta and Baja California, headquartered in Santa Barbara.

In 1850 the Diocese of Alta and Baja California was split between the American and Mexican territories, and San Jose became a part of the Diocese of Monterey. In 1853, the northern half of the county became part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, while the areas around Gilroy and Morgan Hill remained in the Diocese of Monterey. In 1922 the American Catholic Church decided to use county boundaries for dioceses, and the southern half of the county was transferred to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Pope John Paul II granted the See of San Jose independence on January 27, 1981; the diocese was canonically erected later that year by archbishops Pio Laghi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, and John Quinn, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco, on March 18, the vigil of the feast of Saint Joseph. The first Bishop of San Jose was Pierre DuMaine, and the first cathedral of the diocese was Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish.

Today, the diocese remains a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa and Stockton.

• Bishop Pierre DuMaine (1981 – 1998)
• Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath (1998 – present)

• Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
• Mission Santa Clara (not to be confused with Saint Clare Parish, located across the street)
• Saint Clare Parish
• Our Lady of Peace Shrine
• Sacred Heart Church (Saratoga, California)
• Church of the Transfiguration (San Jose, CA)
• Saint Athanasius Parish
• Saint Brother Albert Chmielowski Polish Mission
• Saint Frances Cabrini Parish
• Saint Joseph of Cupertino Parish
• Saint Joseph Parish (Mountain View, CA)
• Saint Julie Billiart Parish
• Saint Leo the Great Parish
• Saint Martin of Tours Parish
• Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish
• Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish
• Saint Victor Parish

In terms of student population, the diocese is the second largest education provider in the county, trailing only San Jose Unified School District. Most of the primary schools are parochial, or operated by a parish, while all the high schools, with the exception of St. Lawrence Academy, are operated by either the diocese or by a religious order. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit run university at the site of Mission Santa Clara.

• Archbishop Mitty High School
• Bellarmine College Preparatory
• Saint Lawrence Academy
• Notre Dame High School
• Presentation High School
• Saint Francis High School
• Thomas More School *

* Not associated with Diocese.

• Sacred Heart School
• Saint Cyprian School
• Saint Joseph Catholic School
• Saint Lawrence Elementary and Middle Schools
• Canyon Heights Academy-Owned and administrated by the Legionaries of Christ
• Five Wounds School
• Holy Family School (San Jose, CA)
• Holy Spirit School (San Jose, CA)
• Most Holy Trinity School
• Queen of Apostles School
• Resurrection School
• Sacred Heart Nativity School-Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
• Saint Catherine of Alexandria School
• Saint Christopher School
• Saint Clare School
• Saint Elizabeth Seton School
• Saint Frances Cabrini School
• Saint John the Baptist School
• Saint John Vianney School
• Saint Joseph of Cupertino School
• Saint Joseph School
• Saint Justin School
• Saint Leo the Great School (California)
• Saint Lucy School
• Saint Martin of Tours School
• Saint Martin School
• Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception School
• Saint Mary School
• Saint Nicholas School
• Saint Patrick School-Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
• Saint Simon School
• Saint Victor School

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
• Parishes in Diocese of San Jose in California
• Catholic-Hierarchy