Santa Barbara Pastoral Region


The Santa Barbara Pastoral Region is a pastoral region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the Roman Catholic Church. It covers Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in the State of California, an area with a population in excess of 1.2 million. The region has 37 parishes, six high schools, 18 elementary schools, four hospitals, and four Spanish missions, including Mission Santa Barbara and Mission San Buenaventura. The region was created in 1986 as part of a plan by Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony to make church leaders more accessible by dividing the sprawling Los Angeles Archdiocese into five pastoral regions.
The Santa Barbara Pastoral Region has been governed by three bishops in its history. The first was Patrick Ziemann, who served from 1986 until 1992, and later became involved in sexual and financial scandals. He was followed by Thomas J. Curry who ordained as the region's bishop in 1994, stepping down from the post in 2013 amid allegations that concealed sexual crimes perpetrated by other priests. The third is Robert E. Barron who has held the position since 2015.

Parishes

Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria)

Church nameImageAddressCommunitySchoolWebsite
Immaculate Conception4793 CebrianNew Cuyama
La Purisima Concepcion213 W. Olive Ave.Lompoc
Mission Santa Inés1760 Mission Dr.Solvang
Our Lady of Guadalupe1164 Obispo St.Guadalupe
Queen of Angels3495 Rucker Rd.Lompoc
St. John Neumann966 W. Orchard St.Santa Maria
St. Louis de Montfort5075 Harp Rd.Santa Maria
St. Mary of the Assumption414 E. Church St.Santa Maria

Deanery II (Santa Barbara)

Church nameImageAddressCommunitySchoolWebsite
Holy Cross1740 Cliff Dr.Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Barbara2201 Laguna St.Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Guadalupe801 Jennings AvenueSanta Barbara
Our Lady of Mount Carmel1300 E. Valley Rd.Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Sorrows21 E. Sola St.Santa Barbara
San Roque325 Argonne CircleSanta Barbara
St. Joseph5048 El Carro LaneCarpinteria
St. Mark 6550 Picasso Rd.Isla Vista
St. Raphael5444 Hollister Ave.Santa Barbara

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

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

Church nameImageAddressCommunitySchoolWebsite
Padre Serra5205 Upland Rd.Camarillo
Holy Cross13955 Peach Hill RoadMoorpark
St. Jude the Apostle32032 W. Lindero Canyon Rd.Westlake Village
St. Julie Billiart2475 Borchard Rd.Newbury Park
St. Mary Magdalen2532 Ventura Blvd.Camarillo
St. Maximilian Kolbe5801 Kanan Rd.Westlake Village
St. Paschal Baylon155 E. Janss Rd.Thousand Oaks
St. Peter Claver5649 E. Pittman St.Simi Valley
St. Rose of Lima1305 Royal Ave.Simi Valley

Spanish missions