Cathedral of Christ the Light - Oakland, CA - Cathedrals on Waymarking.com

"The Cathedral of Christ the Light and also called the Oakland Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in Oakland, California. It is the seat of the Bishop of Oakland. Christ the Light, the first cathedral built in the twenty-first century, replaces the Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales, irreparably damaged in the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.

Christ the Light, as a larger Cathedral Center, is composed of the cathedral church, chancery offices of the bishop's curia, diocesean conference center, rectory (priest residence), health services center (which provides free diagnostic services to people without health insurance), and a mausoleum. The mausoleum features twelve crypts reserved for the bishops of Oakland and burial sites available to the members of the diocese for a comparable price to the other Catholic cemeteries in the Diocese. The Cathedral Center also houses a cafe and bookstore, as well as a public plaza and garden.

Christ the Light is designed by architect Craig W. Hartman, FAIA of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Catholic Cathedral Corporation of the East Bay, the incorporated owner of the cathedral, chose Webcor Builders as the general contractor of cathedral construction. Originally planned in 2000 under the direction of Bishop John Stephen Cummins and broken ground on May 21, 2005, Christ the Light was consecrated and dedicated by Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron on September 25, 2008. On All Souls' Day November 2, the mausoleum will be dedicated and the first Bishop of Oakland, Floyd Lawrence Begin, will be reburied in one of its crypts.

Located on Lake Merritt adjacent to downtown Oakland, at the corner of Grand Avenue and Lakeside Drive, the cathedral serves as mother church of approximately 530,000 professed Catholics in the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa." (visit link)

Address: 2121 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612 Religious affiliation: Catholic Date founded or constructed: 2008/09/25 Web site: [Web Link]

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