Roman Catholic Diocese of Grass Valley

{{short description|Former residential diocese of the Catholic Church}}

The Diocese of Grass Valley ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Vallispratensis}}) now a titular see, was formerly a residential Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in northeastern California, United States. The diocese also included most of Nevada,{{cite web | url=http://www.catholicreno.org/history.htm | title=Nevada's Catholic History | publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno | accessdate=2007-08-28 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070806093004/http://www.catholicreno.org/history.htm |archivedate = 2007-08-06}} and, early in its history, Utah and part of Colorado.{{citation |contribution-url= https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/c/CATHOLIC_CHURCH_IN_UTAH.shtml |contribution= The Catholic Church in Utah |first= Bernice M. |last= Mooney |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= The University of Utah Press |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 }}

History

The particular church that became the Diocese of Grass Valley was erected in by Pope Pius IX in 1860 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Marysville from territory formerly belonging to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, of which it was a suffragan see.{{catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dg009|Diocese of Grass Valley|August 28, 2007}} In 1868, the see city was changed to Grass Valley, and the vicariate was renamed and elevated by Pius IX to a diocese.{{cite web | url=http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/diocese/about.html | title=About the diocese | publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento | accessdate=2007-08-28 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909213801/http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/diocese/about.html | archivedate=2007-09-09 }}

St. Joseph Church in Marysville served as the pro-cathedral of the vicarate. When the vicarate was elevated to a diocese, Bishop Eugene O'Connell resisted the change of see city to Grass Valley, and continued using St. Joseph's as his pro-cathedral. St. Patrick Cathedral in Grass Valley was the official cathedral approved by the Vatican.{{cite web | url=http://www.cathedralsofcalifornia.com?p=136 | title=The Forgotten Diocese and the Spurned Cathedral | work=Cathedrals of California | author=Eric Stoltz | date=January 31, 2008 | access-date=2008-01-31 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424030549/http://www.cathedralsofcalifornia.com/?p=136 | archivedate=April 24, 2010 }}

The diocese served the large mining population in the Sierra Nevada during the California Gold Rush. By 1886, commercial mining in the Gold Country had slowed considerably, significantly reducing the population in the area, and the diocese was suppressed. Much of its territory became part of the Diocese of Sacramento. [http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/diocese/lineage_bishops.html#oconnell Lineage of Bishops] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921075348/http://diocese-sacramento.org/diocese/lineage_bishops.html |date=2010-09-21 }} Retrieved: 2010-03-24.{{citation |author=Jennifer Garza |newspaper=Sacramento Bee |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2010/02/08/2520540/bishop-gallegos-body-will-be-moved.html |title=Bishop Gallegos' body will be moved in bid for sainthood |date=February 8, 2010 |access-date=March 24, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Second diocesan bishop

On July 27, 1880 Bishop Patrick Manogue was appointed as coadjutor bishop of the Grass Valley Diocese.{{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmanogue|Bishop Patrick Manogue|March 24, 2010}} On May 24, 1884, Manogue succeeded O’Connell as the second and last diocesan bishop of Grass Valley. Manogue served two years as the final diocesan bishop.

Suppression of diocese

On May 28, 1886 this diocese was suppressed when the Diocese of Sacramento was erected.{{catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dsacr|Diocese of Sacramento|March 24, 2010}} Manogue became its founding bishop and in effect the second bishop of the Sacramento diocese.[http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/diocese/lineage_bishops.html#manogue Lineage of Bishops] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921075348/http://diocese-sacramento.org/diocese/lineage_bishops.html |date=2010-09-21 }} Retrieved: 2010-03-24.

File:Bishop Patrick Manogue c. 1885.jpg

Restoration

In 1997, Pope John Paul II restored the see as a titular see. The current titular bishop of Grass Valley is Christie Macaluso, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford.{{catholic-hierarchy|diocese|d2g58|Titular See of Grass Valley|August 28, 2007}}