BISHOP VANN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2015. PASTORS REV. AL BACA from Pastor, St. Cecilia Church, Tustin to Pastor, St. Columban Church, Garden Grove REV. JUAN CABOBOY from Pastor, St. Columban Church, Garden...

Supporters of the Diocese of Orange and its expanding communications platforms gathered Tuesday at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach to celebrate. Orange County Catholic newspaper, with a weekly circulation of 80,000, is now the largest weekly Catholic...

Early this morning, the Vatican released Pope Francis' encyclical letter on ecology, Laudato Si'. It says all of the best and truest things that could be said about our place here on Earth, "our common home," in the words of Pope Francis. Pope Francis...

THE $20 MILLION CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP FUND TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHRIST CATHEDRAL GARDEN GROVE — The largest capital gift ever received by the Diocese of Orange–$20 million earmarked specifically to fund the renovation and transformation of Christ...

THE BISHOP EMERITUS IS HONORED FOR LONGTIME WORK FOR "INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION." The Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers (CADEIO) has presented Bishop Emeritus Tod Brown with its highest honor,...

THE GREAT EASTER VIGIL IS THE MOST MOMENTOUS LITURGY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Garden Grove, Calif., (April 2, 2015) – The Most Rev. Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange, will baptize the elect and accept candidates into full communion in the Roman Catholic...

THIRD ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IMMIGRATION SUMMIT WILL OFFER PRAYERS OF SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE A VENUE TO DISCUSS SALIENT POLICY ISSUES CONFRONTING IMMIGRANTS AND THE CHURCH. GARDEN GROVE, CALIF., (March 13,...

THIS MASS RANKS AMONG THE MOST SOLEMN AND SIGNIFICANT LITURGIES OF THE CHURCH. Garden Grove, Calif., (March 11, 2015) – The Most Rev. Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange, will bless the oils used for sacramental anointing and preside over the annual renewal...