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Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, completed in 1971

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.[1]

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[edit]

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

Alemany Deanery[edit]

The Alemany Deanery consists of the Bayview/Hunter's Point, Excelsior, Visitacion Valley, Crocker Amazon and Ingleside areas in San Francisco.[2]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Church of the Epiphany 827 Vienna St. 1911 Current church completed in 1950[3]
Church of the Visitacion 655 Sunnydale Ave. 1907 Current church dedicated in 1952[4]
Corpus Christi 62 Santa Rosa Ave. 1898 A Salesian parish[5]
Our Lady of Lourdes 410 Hawes St. 1946 Wooden chapel with carved beams and stained glass windows depicting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth and others[6]
St. Elizabeth 459 Somerset St. 1912 [7]
St. Emydius 286 Ashton Ave. 1913 [8]
St. Michael Korean 32 Broad St. 1898
St. Paul of the Shipwreck 1122 Jamestown Ave. 1913 Located in Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood[9]

Cathedral Deanery[edit]

The Cathedral Deanery consists of the Western Addition, Japantown, Castro, Haight-Ashbury, Richmond, and Cow Hollow neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption 1111 Gough St. [10]
Nativity of Our Lord 240 Fell St. 1903 Began as a parish serving Croatian and Slovenian immigrants[11]
Most Holy Redeemer 100 Diamond St. 1900 Church dedicated in 1901; located in the Castro district[12]
Our Lady of Fatima 5920 Geary Blvd. 1950 Russian Byzantine parish founded to serve Russian exiles[13]
St. Agnes 1025 Masonic Ave. 1893 Addition to church built in 1953[14]
St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf 1801 Octavia St. 1984 Established as the only deaf Catholic parish in the Western United States[15]
St. Dominic 2390 Bush St. 1873 Gothic style church completed in 1928; flying buttresses added in early 1990s for seismic stability[16]
St. Ignatius 650 Parker Ave. 1855 Current Italian Renaissance and Baroque church dedicated in 1914[17]
St. Monica-St. Thomas the Apostle Parish St. Monica Church, 470 24th Ave. 1911 Current church dedicated in 1918. Merged in 2017 with St. Thomas the Apostle.[18]
St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 3835 Balboa St. First church built in 1923, expanded in 1930. Merged in 2017 with St. Monica[19]
St. Vincent de Paul 2320 Green St. 1911 Parish in Pacific Heights neighborhood. Church opened in 1913, became known as the "Church of the Exposition"[20]
Star of the Sea 4420 Geary Blvd. [21]

Downtown Deanery[edit]

The Downtown Deanery consists of San Francisco's Financial District, Chinatown, North Beach, Tenderloin District, and SOMA areas.[2]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi 610 Vallejo St. Current Norman Gothic church has twin campaniles, was dedicated in 1860[22]
Notre Dame des Victoires 566 Bush St. 1856 Founded 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[23]
Old St. Mary's Cathedral 660 California St. 1854 Gothic Revival church built in 1854. It is a San Francisco landmark[24]
St. Boniface 133 Golden Gate Ave. 1860 [25]
St. Patrick 756 Mission St. 1851 Church rebuilt after 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. It is San Francisco Historic Landmark #4[26]
Sts. Peter and Paul 666 Filbert St. 1884 Known as the Italian Cathedral of the West, completed in 1924

Mission Deanery[edit]

The Mission Deanery consists of the Mission, Bernal Heights, Glen Park, Potrero Hill, and Noe Valley districts in San Francisco.[2]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Mission Dolores Basilica and Mission San Francisco de Asis 3321 16th St. 1776 The mission building is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco; the basilica was added in 1918
St. Anthony of Padua 3215 Cesar Chavez St. 1893 [27]
St. Charles Borromeo 701 S Van Ness Ave. 1887 Current Mission style church built in 1917[28]
St. James 1086 Guerrero St. 1888 [29]
St. John the Evangelist 19 St Marys Ave. 1893 [30]
St. Kevin 704 Cortland Ave. 1922 Church built in 1925[31]
St. Paul 221 Valley St. 1876 Located in Noe Valley neighborhood, completed in 1911[32]
St. Peter 1200 Florida St. 1867 [33]
St. Philip the Apostle 725 Diamond St. 1910 Gothic Revival church built in 1925[34]
St. Teresa of Avila 1490 19th St. 1880 Church built in 1892[35]

Sunset Deanery[edit]

The Sunset Deanery consists of San Francisco's Sunset District, Forest Hill, Parkside, Westwood Park, and Lakeside neighborhoods.[2]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description and notes
Holy Name of Jesus 1555 39th Ave. 1925 Located in the Sunset District. Church was dedicated in 1964. It was referred to at the time as being "as modern as tomorrow."[36]
St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah St. 1904 Romanesque church in Sunset District was completed in 1932.[37]
St. Brendan the Navigator 29 Rockaway Ave. 1929 California mission-style structure with a distinctive bell tower[38]
St. Cecilia 2555 17th Ave. 1917 Current Spanish colonial church completed in 1956 in Sunset District[39]
St. Finn Barr 415 Edna St. 1926 Located in the Sunnyside district[40]
St. Gabriel 2559 40th Ave. 1941 Church dedicated in 1942[41]
St. John of God 1290 5th Ave. 1967 [42]
St. Stephen 451 Eucalyptus Dr. 1950 Church dedicated in 1964[43]
St. Thomas More 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd. 1950 [44]

Marin County[edit]

Marin Deanery[edit]

The Marin Deanery consists of all the parishes in Marin County.[2]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/Notes
Church of the Assumption and St. Helen Parish Tomales 1860 [45]
Mission San Rafael Arcángel 1104 5th Ave, San Rafael 1822 Founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia ("sub-mission") of Mission San Francisco de Asís; granted full mission status in 1822.[46]
Our Lady of Loretto 1806 Novato Blvd, Novato 1892 Church dedicated in 1963[47]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel 3 Oakdale Ave, Mill Valley 1910 Church dedicated in 1968[48]
Sacred Heart 10189 State Route #1, Olema 1937 Church dedicated in 1967[49]
St. Anselm 97 Shady Lane and Bolinas, San Anselmo 1907 Church built in 1908[50]
St. Anthony of Padua 1000 Cambridge St, Novato 1968 Church dedicated in 1971[51]
St. Cecilia 450 Cintura Ave, Lagunitas 1937 [52]
St. Hilary 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon 1951 [53]
St. Isabella One Trinity Way, San Rafael 1961 [54]
St. Mary Star of the Sea 180 Harrison Ave, Sausalito 1881 Church built in 1959[55]
St. Mary's Ranch Rd, Nicasio Built 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[56][57]
St. Mary Magdalene 16 Horseshoe Hill Rd, Bolinas 1863 Mission church of Sacred Heart in Olema; dates to 1878[58]
St. Patrick 114 King St, Larkspur 1915 [59]
St. Raphael 1104 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 1861 Parish traces its history to formation of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in 1817.[60]
St. Rita 100 Marinda Dr, Fairfax 1930 [61]
St. Sebastian 373 Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae 1951 [62]

San Mateo County[edit]

All the parishes in San Mateo County are contained in four deaneries.[2]

Central San Mateo Deanery[edit]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Immaculate Heart of Mary 1040 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont 1947 [63]
Our Lady of Angels 1721 Hillside Dr, Burlingame 1926 Served by Capuchin Franciscans[64]
Our Lady of the Pillar 400 Church St, Half Moon Bay 1868 Church dedicated in 1954, largest parish in size in San Mateo County.[65]
St. Bartholomew 300 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Mateo 1955 [66]
St. Catherine of Siena 1310 Bayswater Ave, Burlingame 1908 [67]
St. Gregory 2715 Hacienda St, San Mateo 1941 Church constructed in 1953.[68]
St. Luke 1111 Beach Park Blvd, Foster City 1970 [69]
St. Mark 325 Marine View Ave, Belmont 1965 Church built in 1970.[70]
St. Matthew 1 Notre Dame Ave, San Mateo 1863 [71]

Coastside Deanery[edit]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Church of the Good Shepherd 901 Oceana Blvd, Pacifica 1951 [72]
Holy Angels 107 San Pedro Rd, Colma 1914 [73]
Our Lady of Mercy 1 Elmwood Dr, Daly City 1954 Church dedicated in 1956.[74]
Our Lady of Perpetual Help 60 Wellington Ave, Daly City 1925 [75]
St. Andrew 1571 Southgate Ave, Daly City 1968 Church dedicated in 1975.[76]
St. Augustine 3700 Callan Blvd, South San Francisco 1970 Church dedicated in 1975.[77]
St. Peter 700 Oddstad Blvd, Pacifica 1956 [78]

North San Mateo Deanery[edit]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
All Souls 315 Walnut Ave, South San Francisco 1913 Church dedicated in 1968.[79]
Mater Dolorosa 307 Willow Ave, South San Francisco 1961 [80]
St. Bruno 555 W. San Bruno Ave, San Bruno 1912 Church dedicated in 1959.[81]
St. Dunstan 1133 Broadway, Millbrae 1940 [82]
St. Robert 1380 Crystal Springs Rd, San Bruno 1912 Church constructed in 1958.[83]
St. Veronica 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco 1951 [84]

South San Mateo Deanery[edit]

Church name Image Location Date est. Description/notes
Church of the Nativity 210 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park 1877 [85]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel 300 Fulton St, Redwood City 1887 [86]
Our Lady of the Wayside 930 Portola Rd, Portola Valley Mission Revival church built in 1912
St. Anthony of Padua 3500 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park 1951 [87]
St. Charles 880 Tamarack Ave, San Carlos 1928 Church dedicated in 1966[88]
St. Denis 2250 Avy Ave, Menlo Park 1856 and 1961
St. Francis of Assisi 1425 Bay Rd, East Palo Alto 1951
St. Matthias 1685 Cordilleras Rd, Redwood City 1961 Church dedicated in 1963.[89]
St. Pius 1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City 1951 Church dedicated in 1968.[90]
St. Raymond 1100 Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park 1950 Church dedicated in 1959.[91]

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