Church of the Transfiguration (San Jose, California)

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Church of the Transfiguration
37°15′41″N121°53′28″W / 37.261441°N 121.891235°W / 37.261441; -121.891235 Coordinates: 37°15′41″N121°53′28″W / 37.261441°N 121.891235°W / 37.261441; -121.891235
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  USA
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website Website
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Administration
Deanery Deanery 7
Archdiocese Archidioecesis Sancti Francisci
Diocese Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California
Province Ecclesiastical province of San Francisco
Clergy
Bishop(s) The Most Rev. Patrick Joseph McGrath
Dean Rev. Fr. Christopher Bennett
(Santa Teresa Parish)
Pastor(s) Rev. Fr. Tito Jesus Cartagenas

The Church of the Transfiguration is a Roman Catholic parish community, located in San Jose, California. The parish serves 750 families in the Diocese of San Jose. The church was founded in 1965 as a parish of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and is named for the Transfiguration of Jesus.

San Jose, California City in California, United States

San Jose, officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural and political center of Silicon Valley, and the largest city in Northern California. With an estimated 2017 population of 1,035,317, it is the third-most populous city in California and the tenth-most populous in United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 square miles (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California and one of the most affluent counties in the United States. San Jose is the most populous city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively.

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California diocese of the Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José 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 of Assisi. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa and Stockton.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo. The Archdiocese of San Francisco was canonically erected on July 29, 1853, by Pope Pius IX and its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.

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