Category : Diocese News

On May 2, the Diocese of San Jose was one of 12 Catholic diocese who received a letter from the California Attorney General’s Office asking the Diocese to preserve files and documents that concern their compliance as mandatory reporters of child abuse to local law enforcement and is one of six dioce

SAN JOSE, May 1, 2019 – Today, the Holy Father accepted the request to retire of Bishop Patrick J. McGrath after 20 years as Bishop of the Diocese of San Jose. The announcement was made public by the Holy See in Rome. Every Bishop of the Catholic Church must submit a request for retirement to the Va

Bishop McGrath, Bishop Cantú, and the Diocese of San Jose have been informed by former FBI Executive Assistant Director, Dr. Kathleen McChesney, that she and her firm, Kinsale Management Consulting, require additional time to complete the in-depth review of personnel files pertaining to the sexual m

Bishop McGrath, along with Bishop Cantύ, is deeply saddened by the tragic shooting Saturday morning at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa., which killed 11 people. Citing the statement by Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bisho

It is heart-breaking to see the list of so many who have betrayed and abused innocent children in the horrific ways that are described in the report compiled from public sources and released by Anderson & Associates. The Diocese of San Jose remains resolute in our commitment to provide healing a

In a recent issue of the National Catholic Register Father Gary Thomas was quoted as stating he was offering Mass for new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on October 18 and 20 in the wake of “hex” to be placed on the Kavanaugh on October 20. Father Thomas said that he would offer the regularly