For Immediate Release


Bishop Alberto Rojas to honor police, firefighters at Blue Mass (10.16.23)

GRAND TERRACE, Calif–The Diocese of San Bernardino will continue Wednesday its more than two-decade tradition of honoring police, firefighters, and other public safety professionals ...... View PDF


Catholic Bishop and County Superintendents announce partnership (12.14.22)

SAN BERNARDINO / RIVERSIDE–Bishop Alberto Rojas, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Ted Alejandre and Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin Gomez discovered this year that they have several key areas of mutual concern ...... View PDF


Bishop Rojas to consecrate St. Theresa Columbarium Gardens (11.17.22)

PALM SPRINGS, Calif–Bishop Alberto Rojas will consecrate only the second piece of land in the Diocese of San Bernardino for Catholic burial on Nov. 20 ...... View PDF


Riverside County's Catholic schools reopening (03.05.21)

RIVERSIDE–One-by-one, Catholic schools in Riverside County are receiving approval from public health officials to reopen ...... View PDF


Bishop Alberto Rojas takes leadership of Diocese after Vatican announces Bishop Gerald Barnes' retirement (12.28.20)

SAN BERNARDINO–Pope Francis has accepted Bishop Gerald Barnes' letter of resignation, signaling the start of ...... View PDF


Diocese ordains 10 permanent deacons (09.04.20)

CHINO HILLS–Even a global pandemic couldn't stop another large class of permanent deacons ...... View PDF


Diocese announces new restrictions in response to state order (07.15.20)

SAN BERNARDINO–Bishop Gerald Barnes announced July 13 the immediate suspension of public indoor Masses ...... View PDF


Father Guzman joins the priesthood in 'Ordination like no other' (06.29.20)

SAN BERNARDINO–In a year that Bishop Gerald Barnes described as being "like no other," Antonio Guzman ...... View PDF


Diocese organizes Peace Walk against racism (06.20.20)

SAN BERNARDINO–As he spoke of his decades long experience of racism, and the current national climate following the ...... View PDF


Diocese reopens churches for Mass (06.14.20)

SAN BERNARDINO–"Let us come back to the Feast now." The words of Father Duong Nguyen, SVD, to the faithful at Holy Rosary Cathedral during ...... View PDF


Catholic Schools ready for distance learning (04.06.20)

SAN BERNARDINO–With the closing of schools across the state and nation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, virtual learning has gone from ...... View PDF


Coadjutor Bishop Rojas welcomed at packed Mass (02.24.20)

CHINO HILLS–When more than 2,000 of the Catholic faithful gathered at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Chino Hills on Feb. 24 to welcome ...... View PDF