Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region is a pastoral region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the Roman Catholic Church. It covers downtown and central Los Angeles west to the City of Malibu and south to the Los Angeles International Airport. In 1986, Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony divided the archdiocese into five pastoral regions to make church leaders more accessible to parishioners. [1] [2] This pastoral region is divided four deaneries.
Bishop Matthew Elshoff administers Our Lady of Angels. [3] As of 2024, the region has 77 parishes, 12 high schools, two universities and 48 elementary schools. The Catholic hospitals in this region are not operated by the archdiocese. [4]
| School name | Image | Address | Community |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount University |  | Westchester | |
| Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles |  | Los Angeles | |
Daniel Murphy High School, located at 241 S. Detroit St., Los Angeles, closed in 2008.
The pastoral region include several elementary or middle schools that are not affiliated with the archdiocese.
The archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The catholic hospitals in this pastoral region are operated by Providence Health & Services and Dignity Health, both non-profit organizations with hospitals in several states.
List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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