List of churches in the Archdiocese of San Francisco


This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. The archdiocese includes the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo.
The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, completed in 1971. It replaced the previous cathedral, dedicated in 1891 at the NW corner of Van Ness Avenue and O'Farrell Street, which was destroyed by arson in 1962. The archdiocese includes the following historic sites

San Francisco County

All the parishes in San Francisco County are contained in five deaneries.

Alemany Deanery

The Alemany Deanery consists of the Bayview/Hunter's Point, Excelsior, Visitacion Valley, Crocker Amazon and Ingleside areas in San Francisco.
Church nameImageLocationDate est.Description/notes
Church of the Epiphany827 Vienna St.1911Current church completed in 1950
Church of the Visitacion655 Sunnydale Ave.1907Current church dedicated in 1952
Corpus Christi62 Santa Rosa Ave.1898A Salesian parish
Our Lady of Lourdes410 Hawes St.1946Wooden chapel with carved beams and stained glass windows depicting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth and others
St. Elizabeth459 Somerset St.1912
St. Emydius286 Ashton Ave.1913
St. Michael Korean32 Broad St.1898
St. Paul of the Shipwreck1122 Jamestown Ave.1913Located in Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood

Cathedral Deanery

The Cathedral Deanery consists of the Western Addition, Japantown, Castro, Haight-Ashbury, Richmond, and Cow Hollow neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Church nameImageLocationDate est.Description/notes
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption1111 Gough St.
Nativity of Our Lord240 Fell St.1903Began as a parish serving Croatian and Slovenian immigrants
Most Holy Redeemer100 Diamond St.1900Church dedicated in 1901; located in the Castro district
Our Lady of Fatima5920 Geary Blvd.1950Russian Byzantine parish founded to serve Russian exiles
St. Agnes1025 Masonic Ave.1893Addition to church built in 1953
St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf1801 Octavia St.1984Established as the only deaf Catholic parish in the Western United States
St. Dominic2390 Bush St.1873Gothic style church completed in 1928; flying buttresses added in early 1990s for seismic stability
St. Ignatius650 Parker Ave.1855Current Italian Renaissance and Baroque church dedicated in 1914
St. Monica-St. Thomas the Apostle ParishSt. Monica Church, 470 24th Ave.1911Current church dedicated in 1918. Merged in 2017 with St. Thomas the Apostle.
St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 3835 Balboa St.First church built in 1923, expanded in 1930. Merged in 2017 with St. Monica
St. Vincent de Paul2320 Green St.1911Parish in Pacific Heights neighborhood. Church opened in 1913, became known as the "Church of the Exposition"
Star of the Sea4420 Geary Blvd.

Downtown Deanery

The Downtown Deanery consists of San Francisco's Financial District, Chinatown, North Beach, Tenderloin District, and SOMA areas.
Church nameImageLocationDate est.Description/notes
National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi610 Vallejo St.Current Norman Gothic church has twin campaniles, was dedicated in 1860
Notre Dame des Victoires566 Bush St.1856Founded to serve French immigrants. The original church was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. The current church was built in 1913; it is a San Francisco Historic landmark
Old St. Mary's Cathedral660 California St.1854Gothic Revival church built in 1854. It is a San Francisco landmark
St. Boniface133 Golden Gate Ave.1860
St. Patrick756 Mission St.1851Church rebuilt after 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. It is San Francisco Historic Landmark #4
Sts. Peter and Paul666 Filbert St.1884Known as the Italian Cathedral of the West, completed in 1924

Mission Deanery

The Mission Deanery consists of the Mission, Bernal Heights, Glen Park, Potrero Hill, and Noe Valley districts in San Francisco.
Church nameImageLocationDate est.Description/notes
Mission Dolores Basilica and Mission San Francisco de Asis3321 16th St.1776The mission building is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco; the basilica was added in 1918
St. Anthony of Padua3215 Cesar Chavez St.1893
St. Charles Borromeo701 S Van Ness Ave.1887Current Mission style church built in 1917
St. James1086 Guerrero St.1888
St. John the Evangelist19 St Marys Ave.1893
St. Kevin704 Cortland Ave.1922Church built in 1925
St. Paul221 Valley St.1876Located in Noe Valley neighborhood, completed in 1911
St. Peter1200 Florida St.1867
St. Philip the Apostle725 Diamond St.1910Gothic Revival church built in 1925
St. Teresa of Avila1490 19th St.1880Church built in 1892

Sunset Deanery

The Sunset Deanery consists of San Francisco's Sunset District, Forest Hill, Parkside, Westwood Park, and Lakeside neighborhoods.
Church nameImageLocationDate est.Description and notes
Holy Name of Jesus1555 39th Ave.1925Located in the Sunset District. Church was dedicated in 1964. It was referred to at the time as being "as modern as tomorrow."
St. Anne of the Sunset850 Judah St.1904Romanesque church in Sunset District was completed in 1932.
St. Brendan the Navigator29 Rockaway Ave.1929California mission-style structure with a distinctive bell tower
St. Cecilia2555 17th Ave.1917Current Spanish colonial church completed in 1956 in Sunset District
St. Finn Barr415 Edna St.1926Located in the Sunnyside district
St. Gabriel2559 40th Ave.1941Church dedicated in 1942
St. John of God1290 5th Ave.1967
St. Stephen451 Eucalyptus Dr.1950Church dedicated in 1964
St. Thomas More1300 Junipero Serra Blvd.1950

Marin County

Marin Deanery

The Marin Deanery consists of all the parishes in Marin County.
Church nameImageLocationDate est.Description/Notes
Church of the Assumption and St. Helen ParishTomales1860
San Rafael Arcángel1104 5th Ave, San Rafael1822Founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia of Mission San Francisco de Asís; granted full mission status in 1822.
Our Lady of Loretto1806 Novato Blvd, Novato1892Church dedicated in 1963
Our Lady of Mount Carmel3 Oakdale Ave, Mill Valley1910Church dedicated in 1968
Sacred Heart10189 State Route #1, Olema1937Church dedicated in 1967
St. Anselm97 Shady Lane and Bolinas, San Anselmo1907Church built in 1908
St. Anthony of Padua1000 Cambridge St, Novato1968Church dedicated in 1971
St. Cecilia450 Cintura Ave, Lagunitas1937
St. Hilary761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon1951
St. IsabellaOne Trinity Way, San Rafael1961
St. Mary Star of the Sea180 Harrison Ave, Sausalito1881Church built in 1959
St. Mary'sRanch Rd, NicasioBuilt in 1867, declared a historical monument by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West in 1967; now a mission church of St. Cecilia's in Lagunitas
St. Mary Magdalene16 Horseshoe Hill Rd, Bolinas1863Mission church of Sacred Heart in Olema; dates to 1878
St. Patrick114 King St, Larkspur1915
St. Raphael1104 Fifth Ave, San Rafael1861Parish traces its history to formation of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in 1817.
St. Rita100 Marinda Dr, Fairfax1930
St. Sebastian373 Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae1951

San Mateo County

All the parishes in San Mateo County are contained in four deaneries.