St. Joseph Cathedral is a

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in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of downtown

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, California. It is the seat of the Diocese of San Diego.

History

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 Antonio Ubach on land donated by

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. Adjacent to the church was an adobe house where Ubach lived. The church was dedicated the same year by Bishop Francis Mora. In 1894, the parish completed and dedicated a much larger brick church. St. Joseph became a cathedral in 1936, when the Holy See established the Diocese of San Diego from part of the

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. The cathedral is built on the site of the earlier churches and was dedicated in 1941. 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.

Present day

St. Joseph's Cathedral offers public liturgies every day of the week, including a Sunday

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in Spanish. A young adult ministry, confessions, and devotions are also available. The cathedral frequently hosted concerts by Orchestra Nova San Diego and other classical groups. Image:StJosephsCathedralSide2Oct2012.JPG, Side view Image:StJosephsCathedralInteriorOct2012.JPG, Interior Image:StJosephsCathedralCoatofArmsOct2012.JPG, Plaque

Pastors

#Antonio Ubach, 1874–1907 #Bernard Smyth, 1907–1912 #Joseph Nunan, 1912–1914 #Eugene A. Heffernan, 1914–1919 #John J. Brady, 1919–1929 #John M. Hegarty, 1929–1940 #Franklin Hurd, 1940–1947 #Francis Dillon, 1947–1954 #William A. Bergin, 1954–1955 #George M. Rice, 1955–1969 #Anthony Giesing, 1969–1976 #Rudolph Galindo, 1976–1983 #Gilbert E. Chavez, 1983–2007 #Peter Escalante, 2007–2015 #Patrick Mulcahy, 2015–2019 #Peter Navarra, 2019–Present

References

External links

Official Cathedral SiteRoman Catholic Diocese of San Diego Official Site
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History

Present day

Pastors

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