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.
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. The pastoral region includes chapels at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu Naval Air Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base. The region is divided into four deaneries.
The Santa Barbara Pastoral region has been governed by four auxiliary bishops since its foundation:
Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Ziemann (1986 to 1992) Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry, (1994 to 2013). He resigned in 2013 amid allegations that he concealed sexual crimes committed by other priests. Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron (2015 to 2022) Auxiliary Slawomir Szkredka (September 2023 to present)
Parishes
Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria and Guadalupe)
Parish nameImageAddressCommunity Immaculate Conception4793 Cebrian Ave.New Cuyama La Purisima Concepcion213 W. Olive Ave.Lompoc Mission Santa Inés 1760 Mission Dr. Solvang Our Lady of Guadalupe1164 Obispo St.Guadalupe Queen of Angels3495 Rucker Rd.LompocSt. John Neumann966 W. Orchard St.Santa MariaSt. Louis de Montfort5075 Harp Rd.Santa MariaSt. Mary of the Assumption414 E. Church St.Santa Maria
Deanery II (Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria)
Parish nameImageAddressCommunity Holy Cross1740 Cliff Dr.Santa Barbara Mission Santa Barbara 2201 Laguna St. Santa Barbara Our Lady of Guadalupe801 Jennings Ave.Santa Barbara Our Lady of Mount Carmel1300 E. Valley Rd.Montecito Our Lady of Sorrows21 E. Sola St.Santa BarbaraSan Roque325 Argonne Cir.Santa Barbara St. Joseph5048 El Carro Ln.Carpinteria St. Mark University Parish (UCSB) 6550 Picasso Rd. Isla Vista St. Raphael 5444 Hollister Ave.Goleta
Deanery III (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore and Santa Paula) Parish nameImageAddressCommunityMary, Star of the Sea463 W. Pleasant Valley Rd.Port HuenemeMission Basilica San Buenaventura211 E. Main St.VenturaOur Lady of Guadalupe500 N. Juanita Ave.OxnardOur Lady of Guadalupe427 N. Oak St.Santa PaulaOur Lady of the Assumption3175 Telegraph Rd.VenturaSacred Heart10800 Henderson Rd.SaticoySanta Clara Chapel (Mission)1333 E. Ventura Blvd.El RioSanta Clara Church323 S E StreetOxnardSt. Anthony2511 S. C St.OxnardSt Francis of Assisi1048 W. Ventura St.FillmoreSt. Sebastian235 N. Ninth St.Santa PaulaSt. Thomas Aquinas185 St. Thomas Dr.Ojai
Deanery IV (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo)
Parish nameImageAddressCommunityHoly Cross13955 Peach Hill Rd.MoorparkSt. Jude the Apostle32032 W. Lindero Canyon Rd.Westlake VillageSt. Julie Billiart2475 Borchard Rd.Newbury ParkSt. Junipero Serra5205 Upland Rd.CamarilloSt. Mary Magdalen2532 Ventura Blvd.CamarilloSt. Maximilian Kolbe5801 Kanan Rd.Westlake VillageSt. Paschal Baylon155 E. Janss Rd.Thousand OaksSt. Peter Claver5649 E. Pittman St.Simi ValleySt. Rose of Lima1305 Royal Ave.Simi Valley
California Missions Mission La Purisima Concepcion, 2295 Purisima Rd., Lompoc Mission Santa Ines, 1760 Mission Dr., Solvang Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara Mission San Buenaventura, 211 E. Main St., Ventura
Other Missions Christ the King Mission, 535 Cooper Rd, La Colonia, Oxnard Santa Clara Chapel, 1333 E Ventura Blvd, El Rio St. Anthony, 270 Helena Street, Los Alamos San Ramon Chapel, Forest Rte 10N06, Sisquoc San Salvador,4045 E Center Drive, Piru
Private Roman Catholic Chapels
Santa Cruz Chapel, on Santa Cruz Island near the Stanton Ranch Rancho Camulos Chapel, along the 126 Freeway between Fillmore and Piru Santa Clara del Norte Rancho Chapel, at the Lloyd-Butler Ranch, Saticoy
Universities, colleges and novitiates St. John's Seminary, Camarillo Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula San Lorenzo OFM, Capuchin Novitiate, Santa Ynez Santa Barbara Mission OFM Interprovincial Novitiate, Santa Barbara Dom Grea House, Canons of the Immaculate Conception (CRIC) Novitiate, Santa Paula
High schools Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Santa Barbara St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura St. Joseph High School, Santa Maria Santa Clara High School, Oxnard Villanova Preparatory School, Ojai
Elementary schools Holy Cross STEM School, Ventura La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School, Lompoc Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School, Oxnard Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Montecito Sacred Heart School, Ventura St. Anthony School, Oxnard St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village St. Mary of the Assumption School, Santa Maria St. Louis de Montfort School, Santa Maria St. Mary Magdalen School, Camarillo St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks St. Raphael School, Goleta St. Rose of Lima School, Simi Valley St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula Santa Clara Elementary School, Oxnard
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 Assumption Cemetery & Mausoleum, Simi Valley Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum, Santa Barbara Santa Clara Cemetery & Mortuary, Oxnard
See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region San Fernando Pastoral Region San Gabriel Pastoral Region San Pedro Pastoral Region List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
References
External links Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Pastoral Regions - LA Catholics