List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

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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 of San Francisco 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, completed in 1971 in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. It replaced the previous cathedral, dedicated in 1891 at the NW corner of Van Ness Avenue and O'Farrell Street, which was destroyed in an arson blaze in September 1962. The original Old Saint Mary's Cathedral at California Street and Grant Avenue, dating to the mid-1850s, is still in active use and now functions as a parish church. The archdiocese also includes many other historic churches including Mission San Francisco de Asís, the oldest building in San Francisco, and Saints Peter and Paul Church, known as the Italian cathedral of the West.

San Francisco County[edit]

Deanery 1[edit]

Deanery 1 consists of San Francisco's Sunset District, Forest Hill, Parkside, Westwood Park, and Lakeside neighborhoods.

Name Image Location Description/notes
Holy Name of Jesus 1555 39th Avenue Parish created in 1925 in the Sunset District; the current modern concrete and steel church was dedicated in 1964 and was referred to at the time as being "as modern as tomorrow."[2]
St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah St. Romanesque church in Sunset District completed in 1932
St. Brendan the Navigator 29 Rockaway Ave. California mission-style structure with a distinctive bell tower[3]
St. Cecilia 2555 17th Ave Parish created in 1917; current Spanish colonial church completed in 1956 in Sunset District[4]
St. Finn Barr 415 Edna Street Parish created in 1926 in the Sunnyside district[5]
St. Gabriel 2559 40th Avenue Parish established in 1941; church dedicated in 1942[6]
St. John of God 1290 5th Ave [7]
St. Stephen 451 Eucalyptus Dr Parish formed in 1950; new church dedicated in 1964[8]
St. Thomas More 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd [9]

Deanery 2[edit]

Deanery 2 consists of the Bayview/Hunter's Point neighborhood, and the Excelsior District, Visitacion Valley, and Crocker Amazon, and Ingleside areas.

Name Image Location Description/notes
All Hallows Chapel 1400 Newhall St Historic church located on a hill overlooking Hunters Point; now merged into the Our Lady of Lourdes parish[10]
Corpus Christi 62 Santa Rosa Ave A Salesian parish[11]
Church of the Epiphany 827 Vienna St Current church completed in 1950[12]
Our Lady of Lourdes 410 Hawes St Wooden chapel with carved beams and stained glass windows depicting Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth and others[13]
St. Elizabeth 459 Somerset St [14]
St. Emydius 286 Ashton Ave [15]
St. Michael Korean 32 Broad St
St. Paul of the Shipwreck 1122 Jamestown Ave Parish founded in 1915 in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood[16]
Church of the Visitacion 655 Sunnydale Ave Parish history dates to 1907; current church dedicated in 1952[17]

Deanery 3[edit]

Deanery 3 consists of the Western Addition, Japantown, The Castro, Haight-Ashbury, Richmond District, and Cow Hollow neighborhoods.

Name Image Location Description/notes
Most Holy Redeemer 100 Diamond St Parish established in 1900; church dedicated 1901; located in The Castro district[18]
Our Lady of Fatima 5920 Geary Blvd Russian Byzantine parish founded in 1950 to serve Russian exiles[19]
St. Agnes 1025 Masonic Ave Parish dates to 1893; addition to church in 1953[20]
St. Dominic 2390 Bush St Parish established 1873; Gothic style church completed 1928; flying buttresses added in early 1990s for seismic stability[21]
St. Benedict Parish for the Deaf 1801 Octavia St Established in 1984 as the only deaf Catholic parish in the Western United States[22]
St. Ignatius 650 Parker Ave Parish formed 1855; current Italian Renaissance and Baroque church dedicated in 1914[23]
St. Monica 470 24th Ave Parish dates to 1911; current church dedicated in 1918[24]
St. Thomas the Apostle 3835 Balboa St First church built 1923, expanded 1930[25]
St. Vincent de Paul 2320 Green St Parish in Pacific Heights neighborhood formed in 1901; new church opened in 1913 became known as the "Church of the Exposition"[26]
Star of the Sea 4420 Geary Blvd [27]
Nativity of Our Lord 240 Fell St Dedicated in 1904, began as a parish serving the Croatian and Slovenian immigrants[28]

Deanery 4[edit]

Deanery 4 consists of San Francisco's Financial District, Chinatown, North Beach, Tenderloin District, and SOMA areas.

Name Image Location Description/notes
Notre Dame des Victoires 566 Bush St Parish founded in 1856 to serve French immigrants; original church destroyed in the San Francisco Earthquake and the current church built in 1913; designated as a San Francisco Historic landmark[29]
Old St. Mary's Cathedral 660 California St Gothic Revival church built in 1854, designated a San Francisco landmark[30]
St. Boniface 133 Golden Gate Ave [31]
St. Patrick 756 Mission St Church rebuilt after San Francisco Earthquake, designated as a San Francisco Historic Landmark #4[32]
Sts. Peter and Paul 666 Filbert St Once known as the Italian Cathedral of the West, completed in 1924
National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi 610 Vallejo St Current Norman Gothic church with twin campanile dedicated 1860[33]

Deanery 5[edit]

Deanery 5 consists of the Mission District, Bernal Heights, Glen Park, Potrero Hill, and Noe Valley.

Name Image Location Description/notes
Mission Dolores Basilica and Mission San Francisco de Asis 3321 16th St The mission building is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco; the basilica was added in 1918
Immaculate Conception Chapel 3255 Folsom St Part of St. Anthony of Padua parish; reported apparitions of Virgin Mary drew crowds in 1990s[34]
St. Anthony of Padua 3215 Cesar Chavez St Parish established 1893[35]
St. Charles Borromeo 701 S Van Ness Ave Parish established 1887; current Mission style church built 1917[36]
St. James 1086 Guerrero St [37]
St. John the Evangelist 19 St Marys Ave [38]
St. Kevin 704 Cortland Ave Parish founded 1922; current church built 1925[39]
St. Paul 221 Valley St Parish church in Noe Valley neighborhood, completed in 1911[40]
St. Peter 1200 Florida St Established 1867[41]
St. Philip the Apostle 725 Diamond St Gothic Revival church built in 1925[42]
St. Teresa of Avila 1490 19th St Established as a parish in 1880; church built 1892[43]

Marin County[edit]

Name Image Location Description/Notes
Mission San Rafael Arcángel 1104 5th Ave, San Rafael Founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia ("sub-mission") of Mission San Francisco de Asís; granted full mission status in 1822.[44]
Our Lady of Loretto 1806 Novato Boulevard, Novato Parish dates to 1892 as a mission church; current church dedicated in 1963[45]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel 3 Oakdale Avenue, Mill Valley Current church dedicated in 1968[46]
Sacred Heart 10189 State Route, #1, Olema Current church dedicated in 1967[47]
St. Anselm 97 Shady Lane and Bolinas, San Anselmo Parish established and church built in 1908[48]
St. Anthony of Padua 1000 Cambridge Street, Novato Parish established 1968; church dedicated 1971[49]
St. Cecilia 450 Cintura Ave, Lagunitas [50]
St. Hillary 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon [51]
St. Isabella One Trinity Way, San Rafael [52]
St. Mary Star of the Sea 180 Harrison Avenue, Sausalito Parish established 1881; current church built 1959[53]
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[54][55]
St. Mary Magdalene 16 Horseshoe Hill Rd, Bolinas Mission church of Sacred Heart in Olema; dates to 1878[56]
St. Patrick 114 King Street, Larkspur Established 1915[57]
St. Raphael 1104 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael Parish traces its history to formation of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in 1817; became a parish in 1884[58]
St. Rita 100 Marinda Drive, Fairfax [59]
St. Sebastian 373 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae [60]

San Mateo County[edit]

Name Image Location Description/notes
All Souls 315 Walnut Avenue, South San Francisco
Church of the Good Shepherd 901 Oceana Boulevard, Pacifica
Church of the Nativity 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park
Holy Angels 107 San Pedro Road, Colma
Immaculate Heart of Mary 1040 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont
Mater Dolorosa 307 Willow Avenue, South San Francisco
Our Lady of Angels 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame
Our Lady of Mercy 1 Elmwood Drive, Daly City
Our Lady of Mount Carmel 300 Fulton Street, Redwood City
Our Lady of Perpetual Help 60 Wellington Avenue, Daly City
Our Lady of the Pillar 400 Church Street, Half Moon Bay
Our Lady of the Wayside 930 Portola Road, Portola Valley Mission Revival church built 1912
St. Andrew 1571 Southgate Avenue, Daly City
St. Anthony 3500 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park
St. Augustine 3700 Callan Boulevard, South San Francisco
St. Bartholomew 300 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Mateo
St. Bruno 555 W. San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno
St. Catherine of Siena 1310 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame
St. Charles 880 Tamarack Avenue, San Carlos
St. Denis 2250 Avy Avenue, Menlo Park
St. Dunstan 1133 Broadway, Millbrae
St. Francis of Assisi 1425 Bay Road, East Palo Alto
St. Gregory 2715 Hacienda Street, San Mateo
St. Luke 1111 Beach Park, Foster City
St. Mark 325 Marine View Avenue, Belmont
St. Matthew 1 Notre Dame Avenue, San Mateo
St. Matthias 1685 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City
St. Peter 700 Oddstad Boulevard, Pacifica
St. Pius 1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City
St. Raymond 1100 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park
St. Robert 1380 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno
St. Timothy 1515 Dolan Avenue, San Mateo
St. Veronica 434 Alida Way, South San Francisco

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