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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles covers the City of Los Angeles as well as Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, California. With about five million Catholics in the diocese's juristiction, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the largest diocese in the United States.
The Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego was established on June 1, 1922, and was split into the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of San Diego on July 11, 1936.
The RomanCatholic Archdiocese of LosAngeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum in California) is a particular church of the RomanCatholic Church in the western region of the United States.
With the exponential growth of the RomanCatholic population in the region, another split was promulgated on July 11, 1936 creating the Diocese of San Diego and the present-day Archdiocese of LosAngeles.
The Archbishop of LosAngeles is concurrently the metropolitan bishop of the Province of LosAngeles of the RomanCatholic Church.
LosAngeles, known as "L.A." or the "City of Angels", is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States, as well as one of the world's major global cities.
LosAngeles is also home to the largest populations of Japanese and Persians living in the U.S., and has one of the largest Native American populations in the country.
Residents of the unincorporated areas of LosAngeles County and various cities within the county are served by the County of LosAngeles Public Library The LAPL is funded by voter-approved bond and tax levy packages.
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