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
June 2
Day of Recollection with the Seminarians of the Diocese of Oakland
6:00 pm Sacrament of Confirmation, Cathedral of
Christ the Light, Oakland
June 3
10:00 am Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Michael
Parish, Livermore
4:00 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, Our Lady of the
Rosary, Union City
June 4
10:00 a.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Callistus Church,
El Sobrante
5:00 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, Our Lady Queen of the
World, Baypoint
June 6
5:15 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation (Group 1), Catholic
Community of Pleasanton (St. Augustine),
Pleasanton
7:15 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation (Group 2), Catholic
Community of Pleasanton (St. Augustine),
Pleasanton
June 8
10:00 a.m. Priest Personnel Board Meeting
1:00 p.m. Presbyteral Council Meeting
5:30 p.m. Holy Hour for Diocesan Eucharistic Revival
Congress, St. David of Wales, Richmond
June 9
7:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Mass - Cristo Rey De La Salle East
Bay High School, St. Elizabeth campus, Oakland
June 10
11:00 a.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Catherine of
Sienna, Martinez
2:00 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation for Adults, Cathedral of
Christ the Light, Oakland
June 11
11:00 a.m. Solemnity Feast of Corpus Christi, including
procession before Mass, Cathedral of Christ the
Light, Oakland
June 12-16
USCCB Spring GENERAL MEETING – Orlando, FL.
June 13
USCCCB COMMITTEE ON DOCTRINE
June 17
11:00 a.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Bede, Hayward
5:00 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Anthony, Oakley
June 18
10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Margaret Mary,
Oakland
5:00 p.m. Appreciation Dinner for Adrian Dominican Sisters
– St. Columba, Oakland
June 20
10:30 a.m. College of Consultors
3:30 p.m. All Chancery Staff Meeting
June 23
Picnic with the Presbyterate of the Diocese
June 24
10:00 a.m. Ordination to the Diaconate, Old Mission San
Jose, Fremont
2:00 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation, St. Peter Martyr,
Pittsburg
June 25
7:00 a.m. Serve Breakfast with newly ordained deacons to
Homeless at People’s Park, Catholic Worker
Berkeley
June 27-29
Jesuit Evangelization Conference, Denver, CO
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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