Welcome to the Diocese of Oakland

Our mission: to know Christ better and to make Him better known

Upcoming Featured Events

Nov 25, 2025 Dec 6 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Peregrinación Guadalupana 2025

We invite you to participate in our Diocesan Pilgrimage in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe! We will begin at 9:00 a.m. at St. Luis Beltran (1410 100th Ave, Oakland)…

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Dec 2, 2025 Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm

Vigilia de Adoracion

Adoration Vigil for Spanish-speaking community for immigrants led by Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ

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Oct 1, 2025 Dec 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Jubilee Year: Closing Mass at the Mission San José Church

On Saturday, December 27, St. Joseph Catholic Church/Mission San José will host a special day of prayer, teaching, and pilgrimage as we conclude the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025. Father…

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Living the Faith

Teaching the Faith

The Church calls forth exemplary followers of Christ who have a living, conscious, active participation in the sacramental life of the Church.

Service and Outreach Opportunities

We live the corporal and spiritual works of mercy every day as Catholics.

Your Life Vocation

All the baptized have a call to holiness; each lives that call in a particular way, whether as married, ordained, religious or single.

Becoming Catholic

Through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, we welcome thousands each year to a deeper relationship with God.

Latest News

Dec 5, 2025 Dec 8 @ 2:23 pm

Atop Tepeyac 

In 1524, Franciscan missionaries left Spain and sailed to the new world, determined to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They arrived in the port city of Veracruz in May,…

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Dec 3, 2025 Dec 8 @ 2:23 pm

Winter Issue of The Catholic Voice Published

Meet our new deacons, learn about Pope Leo’s first apostolic exhortation, and find ways to enter into the spirit of Advent and Christmas in the winter issue of The Catholic…

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Dec 2, 2025 Dec 8 @ 2:23 pm

Special appeal for Vietnam and the Philippines

With deep concern for the suffering in the home dioceses in Vietnam and the Philippines of many of our clergy, Bishop Michael C. Barber asks all parishes to consider a…

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Who We Serve

Families

Young People

Adults

Neighbors in Need

Support Our Work

We are fortunate to be able to do so much for so many people and their needs in our diocese and beyond. No one person, parish, or organization alone can do the work that all of us can do together.