St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 1638 Polk Avenue in San Diego, CA 92103. It is one of 936 churches in San Diego, and one of 9 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
We are St. John the Evangelist a multicultural Catholic parish where all are welcome. Based on our belief that all are created in the image of God, we are called to be a loving community of faith, service, and solidarity with the marginalized.
Welcome to St. John the Evangelist Church. Whether you're joining us for the first time, visiting for a moment, returning after being away, or one of our longtime regulars - welcome, welcome, welcome!
Services in Spanish
1638 Polk Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92103Service times
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Phone: +1-619-291-1660 · Website: https://www.sjesandiego.org
St. John’s Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,417 congregations of the Catholic family gather across California — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
Ministries at St. John’s Catholic Church
- LGBTQ Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Altar Servers
- Eucharistic Ministers
- Bible Study
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The community around St. John’s Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 the people here were born in another country, and about 1 in 20 travel more than an hour to work. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.2%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
San Diego city is served by 527 churches — about one congregation for every 2,607 residents.
Churches near St. John’s Catholic Church
- Saint Johns Catholic Church Parish Hall — 0.1 mi away
- Vietnamese Alliance Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Assembly of God Calvary Temple — 0.3 mi away
- University Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. John The Beloved Cathedral — 0.3 mi away
- Gate of Heaven Holy Temple Christian Fellowship — 0.3 mi away in El Cajon, CA
- Revival Time Church of God and Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Heart Revolution Church North Park — 0.3 mi away
- Shadow Mountain North Park — 0.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Johns Catholic Church Parish Hall — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Patricks Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish — 1.5 mi away
- Saint Didacus Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away
- St. John the Baptizer Ukrainian Catholic Church — 1.8 mi away
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