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. [1] [2]
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. [3] [2] The pastoral region includes chapels at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu Naval Air Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base. [2] The region is divided into four deaneries.
The Santa Barbara Pastoral region has been governed by four auxiliary bishops since its foundation: [1]
Parish name | Image | Address | Community |
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Immaculate Conception | 4793 Cebrian Ave. | New Cuyama | |
La Purisima Concepcion [10] | 213 W. Olive Ave. | Lompoc | |
Mission Santa Inés [11] | ![]() | 1760 Mission Dr. | Solvang |
Our Lady of Guadalupe [12] | 1164 Obispo St. | Guadalupe | |
Queen of Angels [13] | 3495 Rucker Rd. | Lompoc | |
St. John Neumann [14] | 966 W. Orchard St. | Santa Maria | |
St. Louis de Montfort [15] | 5075 Harp Rd. | Santa Maria | |
St. Mary of the Assumption [16] | 414 E. Church St. | Santa Maria |
Parish name | Image | Address | Community |
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Holy Cross [17] | 1740 Cliff Dr. | Santa Barbara | |
Mission Santa Barbara [18] | ![]() | 2201 Laguna St. | Santa Barbara |
Our Lady of Guadalupe [19] | 801 Jennings Ave. | Santa Barbara | |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel [20] | 1300 E. Valley Rd. | Montecito | |
Our Lady of Sorrows [21] | ![]() | 21 E. Sola St. | Santa Barbara |
San Roque [22] | 325 Argonne Cir. | Santa Barbara | |
St. Joseph [23] | 5048 El Carro Ln. | Carpinteria | |
St. Mark University Parish (UCSB) [24] | 6550 Picasso Rd. | Isla Vista | |
St. Raphael [25] | 5444 Hollister Ave. | Goleta |
Parish name | Image | Address | Community |
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Mary Star of the Sea [26] | 463 W. Pleasant Valley Rd. | Oxnard | |
Mission Basilica San Buenaventura [27] | ![]() | 211 E. Main St. | Ventura |
Our Lady of Guadalupe [28] | 500 N. Juanita Ave. | Oxnard | |
Our Lady of Guadalupe [29] | 427 N. Oak St. | Santa Paula | |
Our Lady of the Assumption [30] | 3175 Telegraph Rd. | Ventura | |
Sacred Heart [31] | 10800 Henderson Rd. | Ventura | |
Santa Clara [32] | | 323 S. E St. (old chapel at 1333 E. Ventura Blvd.) | Oxnard |
St. Anthony [33] | 2511 S. C St. | Oxnard | |
St Francis of Assisi [34] | 1048 W. Ventura St. | Fillmore | |
St. Sebastian [35] | 235 N. Ninth St. | Santa Paula | |
St. Thomas Aquinas [36] | 185 St. Thomas Dr. | Ojai |
Parish name | Image | Address | Community |
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Holy Cross [37] | 13955 Peach Hill Rd. | Moorpark | |
St. Jude the Apostle [38] | 32032 W. Lindero Canyon Rd. | Westlake Village | |
St. Julie Billiart [39] | 2475 Borchard Rd. | Newbury Park | |
St. Junipero Serra [40] | | 5205 Upland Rd. | Camarillo |
St. Mary Magdalen [41] | 2532 Ventura Blvd. | Camarillo | |
St. Maximilian Kolbe [42] | 5801 Kanan Rd. | Westlake Village | |
St. Paschal Baylon [43] | 155 E. Janss Rd. | Thousand Oaks | |
St. Peter Claver [44] | 5649 E. Pittman St. | Simi Valley | |
St. Rose of Lima [45] | 1305 Royal Ave. | Simi Valley |
The archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The three Catholic hospital in the region are operated by Dignity Health, an independent non-profit organization:
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