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| map caption            = St. Joseph Cathedral's location in Southern California
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| location               = 1535 Third Avenue<br>[[San Diego, California]]
| country                = United States

| denomination           = [[Roman Catholic]]
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| founded date           = 1874
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| diocese                = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego|San Diego]]

| bishop                 = His Eminence, [[Robert W. McElroy|Robert Cardinal McElroy]]
| pastor                 = Rev. Peter Navarra
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'''St. Joseph Cathedral ''' is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[cathedral]] at 1535 Third Avenue in the [[Cortez Hill, San Diego|Cortez Hill]] neighborhood of downtown [[San Diego]], [[California]]. It is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego|Diocese of San Diego]].

==History==
[[File:Fr. Ubach funeral.jpg|thumb|left|250px|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 [[Anthony Ubach|Antonio Ubach]] on land donated by [[Alonzo Horton]].<ref name=herbert>{{cite journal| last=Hebert| first=Edgar W.| date=April 1964| title=The Last of the Padres| journal=Journal of San Diego History| url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/64april/padres.htm| volume=10| number=2| accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref><ref name="About the Cathedral">{{cite web |url= http://sdcathedral.org/about/ |title=About the Cathedral |publisher=St. Joseph Cathedral |accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref> Adjacent to the church was an adobe house where Ubach lived. The church was dedicated the same year by Bishop [[Francisco Mora y Borrell|Francis Mora]].<ref name="About the Cathedral" /> In 1894, the parish completed and dedicated a much larger brick church.<ref name=smythe>{{cite book| last=Smythe| first=William E.| title=History of San Diego, 1542 - 1908 |url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/6-1.htm| date=1907| pages=537–567| accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>

St. Joseph became a cathedral in 1936,<ref name=GCatholic>{{cite web| url= http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/northamerica/2460.htm| title=St. Joseph Cathedral| publisher=GCatholic.org| accessdate=2011-09-30|date=18 March 2014}}</ref> when the Holy See established the Diocese of San Diego from part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles|Archdiocese of Los Angeles]]. The cathedral is built on the site of the earlier churches and was dedicated in 1941.<ref name=dedicated>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DKVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4975,1558316&dq=st-joseph's-cathedral+san+diego&hl=en| title=Church is dedicated; Bishop C. F. Buddy Officiates at Ceremonies in San Diego| date=27 January 1941| work=[[St. Joseph News-Press]]| accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Daily>{{cite web|url= http://sandiegometro.com/2011/05/daily-business-report-%E2%80%94-may-18-2011/| title=St. Joseph's Cathedral Beautified| date=18 May 2011| work=San Diego Metro| accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
==Present day==
St. Joseph's Cathedral offers public liturgies every day of the week, including a Sunday [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] in Spanish.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sdcathedral.org/worship/mass-schedule/|title=Mass Schedule}}</ref>  A young adult ministry, confessions, and devotions are also available.

The cathedral frequently hosted concerts by [[Orchestra Nova San Diego]] and other classical groups.<ref name=mellin>{{cite book| last1=Mellin| first1=Maribeth| last2=Onstott| first2=Jane| title=Insiders' Guide to San Diego| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6M_gO1-FsUC&q=st.+joseph+cathedral+san+diego&pg=PA203| edition=5| year=2007| publisher=Morris Book Publishing| page=203| isbn=978-0-7627-4191-5| accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>

<gallery>
Image:StJosephsCathedralSide2Oct2012.JPG|Side view
Image:StJosephsCathedralInteriorOct2012.JPG|Interior
Image:StJosephsCathedralCoatofArmsOct2012.JPG|Plaque

</gallery>

==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

==See also==
*[[List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States]]
*[[List of cathedrals in the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Catholicism}}
{{commons category|St. Joseph Cathedral, San Diego}}
*[http://www.sdcathedral.org/ Official Cathedral Site]
*[http://www.diocese-sdiego.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego Official Site]

{{Roman Catholic churches in California}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1941]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in California|Joseph, St., San Diego]]
[[Category:Churches in San Diego County, California]]
[[Category:Mission Revival architecture in California]]
[[Category:Churches in San Diego]]
[[Category:1874 establishments in California]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States]]