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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles ( of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States . The archdiocese is comprised of the City Of Los Angeles as well as the California Counties of Los Angeles , Santa Barbara and Ventura . With approximately five million professing members, the archdiocese considers itself the largest diocese in the United States in terms of Congregant Population . The see was created when the Diocese Of Monterey was renamed to become the conjoined Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles on July 7 , 1859 . It split to become the Diocese Of Monterey-Fresno and the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego on June 1 , 1922 . With the exponential growth of the Roman Catholic population in the region, another split was promulgated on July 11 , 1936 creating the Diocese Of San Diego and the present-day Archdiocese of Los Angeles. ARCHBISHOP The archdiocese is led by the Prelature of an Archbishop , concurrently the Pastor of the Motherchurch Cathedral Of Our Lady Of The Angels . The Cathedral was dedicated on September 2 , 2002 and replaced the former Cathedral Of Saint Vibiana , damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake . The Archbishop of Los Angeles is concurrently the Metropolitan Bishop of the Province Of Los Angeles of the Roman Catholic Church. Its suffragans include the dioceses of Fresno , Monterey In California , Orange In California , San Bernardino , and San Diego . The archbishop historically wielded great administrative powers over the suffragan dioceses. Today, such power is only ceremonial and kept as a tradition. ORDINARIES Bishops of Monterey-Los Angeles # Thaddeus Amat Y Brusi , 1853 - 1878 # Francisco Mora Y Borrell , 1878 - 1896 # George Thomas Montgomery , 1896 - 1902 # Thomas James Conaty , 1903 - 1915 # John Joseph Cantwell , 1917 - 1922 Bishops of Los Angeles-San Diego # John Joseph Cantwell , 1922 - 1936 Archbishops of Los Angeles # John Joseph Cantwell , 1936 - 1947 # James Cardinal McIntyre , 1948 - 1970 # Timothy Cardinal Manning , 1970 - 1985 # Roger Cardinal Mahony , 1985 - Present PASTORAL REGIONS The archdiocese of Los Angeles is divided into the following 5 pastoral regions, each headed by an Episcopal Vicar :
EVENTS The L.A. Archdiocese Office of Religious Education produces the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress . The largest annual event of its kind in the United States, with an attendance of approximately 38,000. SEE ALSO
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