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This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in California, which includes most of Orange County. The diocese is organized into seven deaneries of seven to twelve parishes or worship centers each.

Deanery 1

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Blessed Sacrament		14072 Olive St, Westminster	Established 1947 by the Columban Fathers; mother church to ten other parishes.
Christ Cathedral		13280 Chapman Ave, Garden Grove	Formerly the parish of St. Callistus, founded 1961. Redesignated Christ Cathedral Parish in 2014 after the diocese's acquisition of the former Crystal Cathedral, built in 1981; former St. Callistus campus sold to Shepherd's Grove
Korean Martyrs Catholic Center		7655 Trask Ave, Westminster	Established September 22, 1977 by Korean immigrants.
St. Columban		10801 Stanford Ave, Garden Grove	Founded as a mission of St. Isidore's. Became parish 1953, moved to current church 1968.
St. Hedwig		11482 Los Alamitos Blvd, Los Alamitos	Established 1960, eventually absorbing St. Isidore; renovated 1990
St. Irenaeus		5201 Evergreen Ave, Cypress	Founded 1961.
St. Polycarp		8100 Chapman Ave, Stanton	Established as a mission church in the 1920s; established as a parish 1961; current church completed 1962

Deanery 2

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Holy Family		566 South Glassell St, Orange	Served as the cathedral of the diocese from 1976 to 2019
La Purisma		11712 N. Hewes St, Orange	Established by Mexican farm workers in 1923. First church built 1958, current church completed 2005.
San Antonio de Padua del Cañon		5800 E Santa Ana Canyon Rd, Anaheim Hills	First chapel dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua completed 1860 to serve Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana; became part of St. Boniface parish. New parish of San Antonio erected 1977, first Mass in current church celebrated February 8, 1991.
Santa Clara de Asis		22005 Ave de la Paz, Yorba Linda	Established 2001; first Mass celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi School.
St. Angela Merici		585 S. Walnut Ave, Brea	Organized 1951 as a mission of St. Mary's in Fullerton, designated parish in 1957.
St. Joseph		717 N Bradford Ave, Placentia	Founded 1952 from St. Mary's territory; first Mass in current church celebrated November 1, 1953.
St. Martin de Porres		19767 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda	Established August 1970 from St. Joseph's in Placentia; original church completed 1972. Current church completed 1982.
St. Norbert		300 E. Taft Ave, Orange	Established 1963, current church completed 1967.
St. Pope John Paul II Polish Center		3999 Rose Dr, Yorba Linda

Deanery 3

Deanery 4

Deanery 5

Deanery 6

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel		1441 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach
Our Lady of Peace Korean Center		14010 Remington, Irvine
Our Lady Queen of Angels		2046 Mar Vista Dr, Newport Beach	Established 1961
St. Cecilia		1301 Sycamore Ave, Tustin
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton		9 Hillgate, Irvine	Founded 1971 as a mission of Our Lady Queen of Angels in Newport Beach, created as parish 1976. Current church completed 1994.
St. John Neumann		2532 Dupont Dr, Irvine
St. John Vianney Chapel		314 Marine Ave, Balboa Island	Chapel of ease administered by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St. Kilian		26872 Estanciero Dr, Mission Viejo	Founded 1970 with five families. Current church dedicated August 2013.
St. Nicholas		24252 El Toro Rd, Laguna Woods
St. Thomas More		51 Marketplace, Irvine	Created from St. John Neumann in 1996; current church completed 2009.
San Francisco Solano		22082 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita
Santiago de Compostela		21782 Lake Forest Dr, Lake Forest

Deanery 7

Name	Image	Location	Description/Notes
Corpus Christi		27231 Aliso Viejo Pkwy, Aliso Viejo	Established 1999
Holy Trinity		1600 Corporate Dr, Ladera Ranch	Established 2005. Current church opened 2017 and includes an 18th-century tabernacle and stained glass from the Marywood Chapel, which served the former diocesan offices.
Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano		31520 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano	Used the Serra Chapel of the former Mission San Juan Capistrano until the current structure was completed in 1986. Designated a minor basilica in 2003.
Our Lady of Fatima		105 N La Esperanza, San Clemente	Founded 1946
St. Catherine of Siena		1042 Temple Terrace, Laguna Beach	Founded as St. Joseph, meeting in a former schoolhouse purchased by Joseph and Catherine Yoch (parents of Florence Yoch) in 1908. Ereceted as parish 1931.
St. Edward the Confessor		33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point	Chapel (now dedicated to San Felipe de Jesus) built 1950 as a chapel-of-ease for Our Lady of Fatima in San Clemente. Granted parochial status 1969. Current church completed 1994.
St. Timothy		29102 Crown Valley Pkwy, Laguna Niguel

Other communities

Former churches

• Our Lady of Lourdes, Santa Ana - Absorbed by Our Lady of La Vang in 2006
• St. Callistus, Garden Grove - Parish was redesignated Christ Cathedral after the purchase of the former Crystal Cathedral; the former St. Callistus campus was sold to and used by the former Crystal Cathedral Ministries until 2018.
• St. Isidore, Los Alamitos - Parish established in 1921, moved to new church in Los Alamitos in 1926. Suppressed 1960 in favor of St. Hedwig's. Re-opened for services in 1962, closed 1999 due to earthquake retrofit costs.

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