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 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:

Parishes

Deanery I (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria and Guadalupe)

Parish nameImageAddressCommunity
Immaculate Conception4793 Cebrian Ave.New Cuyama
La Purisima Concepcion213 W. Olive Ave.Lompoc
Mission Santa Inés1760 Mission Dr.Solvang
Our Lady of Guadalupe1164 Obispo St.Guadalupe
Queen of Angels3495 Rucker Rd.Lompoc
St. John Neumann966 W. Orchard St.Santa Maria
St. Louis de Montfort5075 Harp Rd.Santa Maria
St. Mary of the Assumption414 E. Church St.Santa Maria

Deanery II (Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria)

Parish nameImageAddressCommunity
Holy Cross1740 Cliff Dr.Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Barbara2201 Laguna St.Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Guadalupe801 Jennings Ave.Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Mount Carmel1300 E. Valley Rd.Montecito
Our Lady of Sorrows100px21 E. Sola St.Santa Barbara
San Roque325 Argonne Cir.Santa Barbara
St. Joseph5048 El Carro Ln.Carpinteria
St. Mark University Parish 6550 Picasso Rd.Isla Vista
St. Raphael5444 Hollister Ave.Goleta

Deanery IV (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo)

Parish nameImageAddressCommunity
Holy Cross13955 Peach Hill Rd.Moorpark
St. Jude the Apostle32032 W. Lindero Canyon Rd.Westlake Village
St. Julie Billiart2475 Borchard Rd.Newbury Park
St. Junipero Serra5205 Upland Rd.Camarillo
St. Mary Magdalen2532 Ventura Blvd.Camarillo
St. Maximilian Kolbe5801 Kanan Rd.Westlake Village
St. Paschal Baylon155 E. Janss Rd.Thousand Oaks
St. Peter Claver5649 E. Pittman St.Simi Valley
St. Rose of Lima1305 Royal Ave.Simi Valley

California Missions

Other Missions

  • Christ the King Mission, 535 Cooper Rd, La Colonia, Oxnard
  • Santa Clara Chapel, 1333 E Ventura Blvd, El Rio
  • St. Anthony, 270 Helena Street, Los Alamos
  • San Ramon Chapel, Forest Rte 10N06, Sisquoc
  • San Salvador,4045 E Center Drive, Piru

Private Roman Catholic Chapels

  • Santa Cruz Chapel, on Santa Cruz Island near the Stanton Ranch
  • Rancho Camulos Chapel, along the 126 Freeway between Fillmore and Piru
  • Santa Clara del Norte Rancho Chapel, at the Lloyd-Butler Ranch, Saticoy

Universities, colleges and novitiates

High schools

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:

Cemeteries