The San Fernando Pastoral Region is a pastoral region of the

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in the

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. It covers the

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, and

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s in the State of California. This area includes neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles along with other cities and towns. In 1986, Los Angeles Archbishop

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divided the archdiocese into five pastoral regions to make church leaders more accessible to parishioners. This pastoral region is divided four

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. As of 2024, the current regional

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is Bishop

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. The pastoral region has 54 parishes, 12 high schools, 42 elementary schools and one Spanish mission. It does not contain any universities or colleges, The Catholic hospitals in this region are not operated by the archdiocese.

Parishes

Deanery 5 ( Los Angeles)

Deanery 6 (Los Angeles, Glendale and other communities)

Deanery 7 (Los Angeles, Burbank, North Hollywood and other communities)

Deanery 8 (Palmdale, Santa Clarita and Lancaster)

Spanish mission

Monastery and retreat center

High schools

Elementary schools

Parish-affiliated elementary schools are noted above in the charts listing parishes. In addition to parish-affiliated elementary schools, there is one non-affiliated middle school in the San Fernando Pastoral Region. * Chaminade Middle School, Chatsworth (Grades 6-8)

Hospitals

As of 2017, the archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The Catholic hospitals in this pastoral region are operated by

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and

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, two non-profit health care organizations,.

Cemetery

References

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External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Pastoral Regions - LA Catholics
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Los Angeles San Fernando