Welcome to the Diocese of Oakland, and to the vibrant Catholic communities of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Please join us in all the celebrations and ministries the Diocese offers. Our Diocese is a place of prayer where we embody the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, strengthen parishioners' Sunday experience, and form Missionary Disciples.
May our patroness, Our Lady Queen of the World, help us to follow our Lord in a spirit of justice, mercy and love.
Yours sincerely in Christ,
The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, SJ
Bishop of Oakland
March 2
10:00 am Study Day with the Permanent
Deacons of the Diocese of Oakland
7:00 pm Bay Wide Young Adult Mass –
St. Margaret Mary, OaklandMarch 3
9:00 am School Family Mass on 60th
Anniversary – St. Felicitas School, San
LeandroMarch 4-6
California Catholic Conference Educational Summit – Cathedral of Christ the Light, OaklandMarch 5
Priest Personnel Board MeetingMarch 7
Spring Study Day for Priests of the Diocese of OaklandMarch 9
5:00 pm Knights of Columbus Vocations Dinner
and Mass in support of Seminarians –
Carondelet High SchoolMarch 10-13
USCCB Committee on Doctrine Meeting – Washington, D.C.March 14
College of Consultors Meeting
Presbyteral Council MeetingMarch 16
8:00 am Mass in Celebration of the Feast of St.
Joseph – Old Mission San Jose,
Fremont
March 19
St. Joseph Feast Day Mass with Elementary and High School Students – St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, AlamedaMarch 24
11:00 am Palm Sunday Mass – Cathedral of
Christ the Light, OaklandMarch 25
11:00 am Live-Streamed event on the theme of
the Eucharist with Fr. Leo Patalinghug
for Catholic Schools.March 26
11:00 am Chrism Mass – Cathedral of Christ
the Light, Oakland Luncheon for
PriestsMarch 28
7:00 pm In Coena Domini Mass on Holy
Thursday – Cathedral of Christ the
Light, Oakland; Followed by Adoration
in the Altar of ReposeMarch 29
12:00 noon Ecumenical Good Friday Service, City
Hall Plaza, Oakland
3:00 pm Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord–
Cathedral of Christ the Light, OaklandMarch 30
7:30 pm Easter Vigil – Cathedral of Christ the
Light, OaklandMarch 31
11:00 am. Solemn Easter Sunday Mass –
Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland
On June 18, 2020, the bishops of the California Catholic Conference released a video reenacting the Stations of the Cross to draw attention to the sin of racism and ask God’s help in eliminating it. Each station in the video was taped at a location with rich racial significance. The sixth Station of the Cross was taped at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland where Oscar Grant was killed. The Way of the Cross is an ancient prayer, allowing people to enter into Jesus’ final outpouring of love.
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Apostolic Administrator, 2012-13: Archbishop Alex J. Brunett
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