St. Joseph Cathedral (San Diego, California)

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St. Joseph Cathedral
St. Joseph Cathedral (San Diego, California) is located in California Southern
St. Joseph Cathedral (San Diego, California)
St. Joseph Cathedral's location in Southern California
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Location 1535 Third Avenue
San Diego, California
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.sdcathedral.org
History
Founded 1874
Architecture
Architectural type Mission Revival
Completed 1941
Administration
Diocese San Diego
Clergy
Bishop(s) Most Rev. Robert McElroy
Pastor(s) Rev. Patrick Mulcahy

St. Joseph Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral on Third Avenue in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of downtown San Diego, California. It is the seat of the Diocese of San Diego.

History

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Funeral of Father Ubach in 1907 at former brick St. Joseph's Church, since replaced by the Cathedral

The parish was founded in 1874 and the first sanctuary was a frame building at Third and Beech built in 1875 under the leadership of Father Antonio Ubach on land donated by Alonzo Horton.[1][2] Adjacent to the church was an adobe house where Ubach lived. The church was dedicated the same year by Bishop Francis Mora.[2] In 1894, the parish completed and dedicated a much larger brick church.[3]

St. Joseph became a cathedral in 1936,[4] when the Holy See established the Diocese of San Diego from part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The cathedral is built on the site of the earlier churches and was dedicated in 1941.[5] St. Joseph underwent restoration work in 2011 which included repainting and restoring exterior wood and concrete. Earlier work upgraded restrooms and accessibility to the facility while additional work is planned when funding is in place.[6]

Present day

The cathedral frequently hosts concerts by the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and other classical groups.[7]

  • StJosephsCathedralSide2Oct2012.JPG

    Side view

  • StJosephsCathedralInteriorOct2012.JPG

    Interior

  • StJosephsCathedralCoatofArmsOct2012.JPG

    Plaque

References

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External links

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