This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in California, which includes most of Orange County. The diocese is organized into seven deaneries of seven to twelve parishes or worship centers each.[1]
Table of Contents
Deanery 1[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Blessed Sacrament
14072 Olive St, Westminster
Established 1947 by the Columban Fathers; mother church to ten other parishes.[2]
Christ Cathedral
13280 Chapman Ave, Garden Grove
Formerly the parish of St. Callistus, founded 1961. Redesignated Christ Cathedral Parish in 2014 after the diocese’s acquisition of the former Crystal Cathedral, built in 1981; former St. Callistus campus sold to Shepherd’s Grove
Korean Martyrs Catholic Center
7655 Trask Ave, Westminster
Established September 22, 1977 by Korean immigrants.[3]
St. Columban
10801 Stanford Ave, Garden Grove
Founded as a mission of St. Isidore’s. Became parish 1953, moved to current church 1968.[4]
St. Hedwig
11482 Los Alamitos Blvd, Los Alamitos
Established 1960, eventually absorbing St. Isidore; renovated 1990[5]
St. Irenaeus
5201 Evergreen Ave, Cypress
Founded 1961.[6]
St. Polycarp
8100 Chapman Ave, Stanton
Established as a mission church in the 1920s; established as a parish 1961; current church completed 1962[7]
Deanery 2[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Holy Family
566 South Glassell St, Orange
Served as the cathedral of the diocese from 1976 to 2019
La Purisma
11712 N. Hewes St, Orange
Established by Mexican farm workers in 1923. First church built 1958, current church completed 2005.[8]
San Antonio de Padua del Cañon
5800 E Santa Ana Canyon Rd, Anaheim Hills
First chapel dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua completed 1860 to serve Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana; became part of St. Boniface parish. New parish of San Antonio erected 1977, first Mass in current church celebrated February 8, 1991.[9]
Santa Clara de Asis
22005 Ave de la Paz, Yorba Linda
Established 2001; first Mass celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi School.
St. Angela Merici
585 S. Walnut Ave, Brea
Organized 1951 as a mission of St. Mary’s in Fullerton, designated parish in 1957.[10]
St. Joseph
717 N Bradford Ave, Placentia
Founded 1952 from St. Mary’s territory; first Mass in current church celebrated November 1, 1953.[11]
St. Martin de Porres
19767 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda
Established August 1970 from St. Joseph’s in Placentia; original church completed 1972. Current church completed 1982.[12]
St. Norbert
300 E. Taft Ave, Orange
Established 1963, current church completed 1967.[13]
St. Pope John Paul II Polish Center
3999 Rose Dr, Yorba Linda
Deanery 3[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Our Lady of Guadalupe
La Habra
St. Anthony Mary Claret
1450 E. La Palma Ave, Anaheim
St. Boniface
120 N. Janss St, Anaheim
Oldest continuously operating Catholic church in Orange County; established 1860 by German settlers; current church built 1964[14]
St. Juliana Falconieri
1316 North Acacia Ave, Fullerton
Established 1965; staffed by Servites since 1993[15]
St. Justin Martyr
2050 W. Ball Rd, Anaheim
St. Mary’s
400 W. Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton
Established 1912.
St. Philip Benizi
235 S. Pine Dr, Fullerton
Established by the Servite Order in 1957 at the behest of the Archdiocese; originally met at Merilark Roller Rink. First church dedicated August 1959, destroyed by arson in 2000. Current church opened 2005.[16]
St. Pius V
7691 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park
Established 1948. Current church completed 1994. Staffed by Augustinians Fathers 1977 to 2005.[17]
St. Thomas Korean
412 N. Crescent Way, Anaheim
Deanery 4[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Christ Our Savior
2000 West Alton Ave, Santa Ana
Established 2005 with the original intent to make it the new cathedral parish; current church dedicated September 11, 2021[18]
Immaculate Heart of Mary
1100 S Center St, Santa Ana
Founded as a mission of St. Anne’s.[19]
Our Lady of Guadalupe Santa Ana
1322 E Third St, Santa Ana
Founded 1922
Our Lady of Guadalupe Delhi
541 E Central Ave, Santa Ana
Our Lady of La Vang
288 S Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana
Established 2001, church dedicated 2006.[20]
Our Lady of the Pillar
1622 W 6th St, Santa Ana
Founded 1965 as a mission of Our Lady of Lourdes[21]
St. Anne
1344 S Main St, Santa Ana
Established 1923.[19]
St. Barbara
730 S Euclid St, Santa Ana
Established 1962; current church opened 1965[22]
St. Joseph
727 Minter St, Santa Ana
Vietnamese Catholic Center
1538 Century Blvd, Santa Ana
Deanery 5[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Holy Family
13900 Church Place, Seal Beach
Founded 1963 as a mission serving Leisure World residents; raised to parochial status 1969.[23]
Holy Spirit
17270 Ward St, Fountain Valley
St. Anne
340 10th St, Seal Beach
St. Bonaventure
16410 Springdale St, Huntington Beach
Established 1965
St. Joachim
1964 Orange Ave, Costa Mesa
Founded March 16, 1947, originally using a chapel and other former buildings of the Santa Ana Army Air Base. Chapel moved and dedicated June 13, 1948. Current church completed 1965. Mother church to St. John the Baptist.[24]
St. John the Baptist
1015 Baker St, Costa Mesa
St. Mary’s by the Sea
321 10th St, Huntington Beach
Ss. Simon and Jude
20444 Magnolia St, Huntington Beach
Founded 1905 as St. Mary’s mission of St. Joseph’s in Santa Ana, elevated to parochial status 1912. Rededicated to Saints Simon and Jude 1921. Current church built 1973. Staffed by Franciscans from 1964[25]-2020.[26]
St. Vincent de Paul
8345 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach
Established 1977 from the territory of Saints Simon and Jude, Saint Bonaventure, and Holy Spirit Churches. Staffed by Vincentian Fathers 1977 to 1995. Current church completed 2002.[27]
Deanery 6[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
1441 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach
Our Lady of Peace Korean Center
14010 Remington, Irvine
Our Lady Queen of Angels
2046 Mar Vista Dr, Newport Beach
Established 1961
St. Cecilia
1301 Sycamore Ave, Tustin
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
9 Hillgate, Irvine
Founded 1971 as a mission of Our Lady Queen of Angels in Newport Beach, created as parish 1976. Current church completed 1994.[28]
St. John Neumann
2532 Dupont Dr, Irvine
St. John Vianney Chapel
314 Marine Ave, Balboa Island
Chapel of ease administered by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St. Kilian
26872 Estanciero Dr, Mission Viejo
Founded 1970 with five families. Current church dedicated August 2013.[29]
St. Nicholas
24252 El Toro Rd, Laguna Woods
St. Thomas More
51 Marketplace, Irvine
Created from St. John Neumann in 1996; current church completed 2009.[30]
San Francisco Solano
22082 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita
Santiago de Compostela
21782 Lake Forest Dr, Lake Forest
Deanery 7[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Corpus Christi
27231 Aliso Viejo Pkwy, Aliso Viejo
Established 1999
Holy Trinity
1600 Corporate Dr, Ladera Ranch
Established 2005. Current church opened 2017 and includes an 18th-century tabernacle and stained glass from the Marywood Chapel, which served the former diocesan offices.[31]
Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano
31520 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
Used the Serra Chapel of the former Mission San Juan Capistrano until the current structure was completed in 1986. Designated a minor basilica in 2003.
Our Lady of Fatima
105 N La Esperanza, San Clemente
Founded 1946
St. Catherine of Siena
1042 Temple Terrace, Laguna Beach
Founded as St. Joseph, meeting in a former schoolhouse purchased by Joseph and Catherine Yoch (parents of Florence Yoch) in 1908. Ereceted as parish 1931.[32]
St. Edward the Confessor
33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point
Chapel (now dedicated to San Felipe de Jesus) built 1950 as a chapel-of-ease for Our Lady of Fatima in San Clemente. Granted parochial status 1969. Current church completed 1994.[33]
St. Timothy
29102 Crown Valley Pkwy, Laguna Niguel
Other communities[edit]
Name
Image
Location
Description/Notes
Annunciation
995 N. West St, Anaheim
Byzantine
Holy Cross
451 W. Madison Ave, Placentia
Melkite
St. John Maron
300 South Flower St, Orange
Maronite
St. Thomas Apostle Forane
5021 W. 16th St, Santa Ana
Syro-Malabar
Former churches[edit]
Our Lady of Lourdes, Santa Ana – Absorbed by Our Lady of La Vang in 2006
St. Callistus, Garden Grove – Parish was redesignated Christ Cathedral after the purchase of the former Crystal Cathedral; the former St. Callistus campus was sold to and used by the former Crystal Cathedral Ministries until 2018.
St. Isidore, Los Alamitos – Parish established in 1921, moved to new church in Los Alamitos in 1926. Suppressed 1960 in favor of St. Hedwig’s. Re-opened for services in 1962, closed 1999 due to earthquake retrofit costs.[34]
References[edit]
^“Deanery List”, RCBO.org, Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, retrieved 2022-07-01
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