Santa Barbara Pastoral Region

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]

Parishes

Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria and Guadalupe)

Parish name Image Address Community
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

Deanery II (Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria)

Parish name Image Address Community
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

Deanery III (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore and Santa Paula)

Parish name Image Address Community
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

Deanery IV (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo)

Parish name Image Address Community
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

Spanish missions

Universities, colleges and novitiates

High schools

Elementary schools

  • Holy Cross STEM School, Ventura[47]
  • La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School, Lompoc[48]
  • Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara[49]
  • Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura[50]
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School, Oxnard[51]
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Montecito[52]
  • Sacred Heart School, Ventura[53]
  • St. Anthony School, Oxnard[54]
  • St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village[55]
  • St. Mary of the Assumption School, Santa Maria[56]
  • St. Louis de Montfort School, Santa Maria[57]
  • St. Mary Magdalen School, Camarillo[58]
  • St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks[59]
  • St. Raphael School, Goleta[60]
  • St. Rose of Lima School, Simi Valley[61]
  • St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula[62]
  • Santa Clara Elementary School, Oxnard[63]

Hospitals

The archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The three Catholic hospital in the region are operated by Dignity Health, an independent non-profit organization:

  • Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Maria
  • St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo
  • St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard

Cemeteries

See also

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

References

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