Santa Barbara Pastoral Region

The Santa Barbara Pastoral Region is a division of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the Roman Catholic Church. It covers Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in California, an area with a population in excess of 1.2 million.

As of 2024, the pastoral region has 37 parishes, seven high schools, 18 elementary schools and four Spanish missions. It was created in 1986 as part of a plan by Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony to make church leaders more accessible by dividing the archdiocese into five pastoral regions. The pastoral region includes chapels at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu Naval Air Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base. The region is divided into four deaneries.

The Santa Barbara Pastoral region has been governed by four auxiliary bishops since its foundation:


 * Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Ziemann (1986 to 1992)
 * Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry, (1994 to 2013). He resigned in 2013 amid allegations that he concealed sexual crimes committed by other priests.
 * Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron (2015 to 2022)
 * Auxiliary Slawomir Szkredka (September 2023 to present)

Spanish missions

 * Mission La Purisima Concepcion, 2295 Purisima Rd., Lompoc
 * Mission Santa Ines, 1760 Mission Dr., Solvang
 * Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara
 * Mission San Buenaventura, 211 E. Main St., Ventura

Universities, colleges and novitiates

 * St. John's Seminary, Camarillo
 * Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula
 * San Lorenzo OFM, Capuchin Novitiate, Santa Ynez
 * Santa Barbara Mission OFM Interprovincial Novitiate, Santa Barbara
 * Dom Grea House, Canons of the Immaculate Conception (CRIC) Novitiate, Santa Paula

High schools

 * Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Santa Barbara
 * La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks
 * St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura
 * St. Joseph High School, Santa Maria
 * Santa Clara High School, Oxnard
 * Villanova Preparatory School, Ojai

Elementary schools

 * Holy Cross STEM School, Ventura
 * La Purisima Concepcion Catholic School, Lompoc
 * Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara
 * Our Lady of the Assumption School, Ventura
 * Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School, Oxnard
 * Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Montecito
 * Sacred Heart School, Ventura
 * St. Anthony School, Oxnard
 * St. Jude the Apostle School, Westlake Village
 * St. Mary of the Assumption School, Santa Maria
 * St. Louis de Montfort School, Santa Maria
 * St. Mary Magdalen School, Camarillo
 * St. Paschal Baylon School, Thousand Oaks
 * St. Raphael School, Goleta
 * St. Rose of Lima School, Simi Valley
 * St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula
 * Santa Clara Elementary School, Oxnard

Hospitals
The archdiocese no longer operates any hospitals. The three Catholic hospital in the region are operated by Dignity Health, an independent non-profit organization:
 * Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Maria
 * St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo
 * St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard

Cemeteries

 * Assumption Cemetery & Mausoleum, Simi Valley
 * Calvary Cemetery & Mausoleum, Santa Barbara
 * Santa Clara Cemetery & Mortuary, Oxnard