parishes in Mexican Baja California. The Holy See split the diocese into American and Mexican sections, and the American section was renamed the Diocese of Monterey. In 1859, the diocese became known as the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles to recognize the growth of the city of Los Angeles; the see was transferred to Los Angeles in 1876. In 1922, the diocese split again, and Orange County became part of the newly erected Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, which became the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1936. Orange County remained part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles until March 24, 1976, when Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Orange. Los Angeles auxiliary bishop William Robert Johnson was appointed the first Bishop of Orange; the existing Holy Family Church in Orange was designated as cathedral of the new diocese. The diocese has grown rapidly as the local population has swelled with Catholic immigrants from Vietnam, the Philippines, and Latin America, and in 2010 claimed a Catholic population of over 1.2 million. At the mandatory retirement age, Bishop Tod David Brown retired on September 21, 2012. The Holy See named Bishop Kevin Vann of the Diocese of Fort Worth to succeed him. Clergy sexual abuse settlement On January 3, 2005, Bishop Brown apologized to 87 victims of sexual abuse and announced a settlement of $100 million following two years of mediation. In addition, 91 victims received an average of $659,000 each. Perpetrators included 31 priests, ten lay people, two nuns, and one brother. Bishops The lists of ordinaries and auxiliaries of the diocese and their years of service: Bishops of Orange William Robert Johnson (1976-1986) Norman McFarland (1986-1998) Tod David Brown (1998-2012) Kevin Vann (2012–present) Auxiliary bishops John Thomas Steinbock (1984-1987), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa in California and later Bishop of Fresno Michael Patrick Driscoll (1989-1999), appointed Bishop of Boise Jaime Soto (2000-2007), appointed Bishop of Sacramento Dominic Mai Luong (2003-2015) Cirilo Flores (2009-2012), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of San Diego Timothy Edward Freyer (2017–present) Thanh Thai Nguyen (2017–present) Churches Cathedral In 2001, Bishop Brown first announced plans to build a new cathedral to succeed the Cathedral of the Holy Family. However, soon after, the Catholic sexual abuse scandal burst into the diocese, and Brown deemed it "inappropriate" to raise funds for a new cathedral in light of the scandal. In 2005, the diocese purchased land in south Santa